Category: 420 F.3d ___

420 F.3d 946 DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; Center for Biological Diversity; Craig Miller, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent,National Association of Home Builders; State of Arizona; Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Intervenors.Defenders of Wildlife; Center for Biological Diversity, Plaintiffs-Petitioners,v.Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers., Defendant-Respondent,Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator U.S. Environmental […]

420 F.3d 99 State of NEW YORK and Erin D. Crotty, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.Kevan M. GREEN and Polymer Applications, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.Docket No. 04-4070-CV. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued: July 14, 2005. Decided: August 18, 2005. 1 COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Diane R. Tiveron, Esq., Hogan & Willig, PLLC, (Corey J. Hogan, of counsel), Amherst, New […]

420 F.3d 991 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Randolph GEORGE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-10307. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 12, 2005. Filed August 23, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Marcus S. Topel and Daniel F. Cook, Topel & Goodman, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellant. David L. Denier, Assistant United States Attorney, […]

420 F.3d 880 Jeffrey BARSTAD, et al., Appellants,v.MURRAY COUNTY, et al., Appellees. No. 04-2707. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: May 9, 2005. Filed: August 26, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Gary Arthur Van Cleve of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also appearing on the brief was […]

420 F.3d 922 Richard Joseph HIRSCHFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant,v.Alice PAYNE, Respondent-Appellee. No. 04-35437. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted August 22, 2005.* Filed August 22, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Michael Filipovic, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Seattle, WA, argued the cause for the petitioner-appellant; Laura Mate was on the briefs. John J. Samson, Attorney General’s Office, […]

420 F.3d 930 Henry Robert LISBEY, Petitioner,v.Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent. No. 04-70557. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 7, 2005. Filed August 22, 2005. Allan Ides, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner. Russell Verby and Carol Federighi, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent. […]

420 F.3d 934 ASHLEY CREEK PHOSPHATE CO., Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Gale NORTON, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior; Nu-West Industries, Inc., dba: Agrium Conda Phosphate Operations, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-35640. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 2005. Filed August 22, 2005. E. Craig Smay, E. Craig Smay, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, […]

420 F.3d 841 Charles RUSSELL, Appellant,v.HENNEPIN COUNTY; Sheriff Patrick McGowan; Chief Deputy Michele Smolley; Inspector Thomas Merkel; and Former Inspector Richard Estensen, officially and individually, Appellees. No. 04-3922. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 23, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Seth M. Colton, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant. Toni […]

420 F.3d 852 Lisa WATSON; Loretta Lawson, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs?Appellants.v.PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC., a Corporation; Philip Morris, Incorporated, a Corporation, Defendants?Appellees. No. 04-1225. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: November 15, 2004. Filed: August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Counsel who presented argument on behalf of […]

420 F.3d 864 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Robert Lee CHAUNCEY, Appellant. No. 04-1529. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: October 19, 2004. Filed: August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Edward G. Albright, argued, Pierre, SD, for appellant. Mark Edward Salter, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, […]

420 F.3d 888 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Danny L. NORWOOD, Appellant. No. 04-2623. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: March 18, 2005. Filed: August 26, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Jon J. Jensen, argued, Grand Forks, ND, for appellant. John A. Dudeck, Jr., argued, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC (Frank P. Cihlar, on the […]

420 F.3d 897 David DIAZ, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Daryl GATES; Willie L. Williams; Richard Alarcon; Richard Alatorre; Hal Bernson; Marvin Braude; Laura Chick; John Ferraro; Michael Feuer; Ruth Galanter; Nate Holden, et al., Defendants, andBernard C. Parks, Chief of Los Angeles Police Department, Defendant-Appellee. No. 0256818. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 22, […]

420 F.3d 915 Jacoby Lee FELIX, Petitioner-Appellant,v.Deneice A. MAYLE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 02-16614. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. August 18, 2005. David M. Porter, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Sacramento, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant. Mathew Chan, Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Respondent-Appellee. Before CANBY, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. ORDER […]

420 F.3d 915 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.William George YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-30289. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 2005. Filed August 19, 2005. Edwin F. Alden, Kennewick, WA, for the defendant-appellant. James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, James P. Hagarty, Assistant United […]

420 F.3d 918 Cheryl BLANCHARD, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.MORTON SCHOOL DISTRICT; Russ Davis; Regine Aleksunas, SE Teacher; Jim Grossman, SLP; Robyn Goodwin, Principal, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-35677. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 14, 2005. Filed August 19, 2005. Lonnie Davis, Disabilities Law Project, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Jocelyn J. Lyman, Law, Lyman, […]

420 F.3d 823 Jordan BLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Bob WILLS, also known as W.B. Wills, also known as Bobby Ray Wills; Betty ue Wills; Sam Gerhardt; Deborah Gerhardt; Bo Gerhardt; Julie Gerhardt; Drew Parrish; Robert O’Brient; Robert Kennedy, doing business as Mountain Park Boarding Academy; Palm Lane Baptist Church, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.Jordan Blair, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Bob Wills, also known as W.B. […]

420 F.3d 831 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Ernesto Garcia RODRIGUEZ, Appellant. No. 04-4178. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 21, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. Wallace L. Taylor, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellant. Richard L. Murphy, argued, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee. Before MELLOY, HEANEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit […]

420 F.3d 836 Carles Joe SMULLIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.MITY ENTERPRISES, INC.; Do Group Holding, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-3135. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: May 9, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. James Edgar Nickels, argued, N. Little Rock, AR, for appellant. Gerald F. Lutkus, argued, South Bend, IN, for appellee. Before LOKEN, Chief […]

420 F.3d 777 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Esequicio LONDONDIO, Appellant.United States of America, Appellee,v.Carlos Alberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Appellant.United States of America, Appellee,v.Pablo Jaramillo, Appellant.United States of America, Appellee,v.Juan Fernando Palacio, Appellant.United States of America, Appellee,v.Nahum Alcantora, Appellant. No. 04-3579. No. 04-3580. No. 04-3582. No. 04-3584. No. 04-3585. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June […]

420 F.3d 810 BP CHEMICALS LTD., an English Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.JIANGSU SOPO CORPORATION (GROUP) LTD., Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-1814. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: January 10, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. Paul W. Cane, Jr., argued, San Francisco, CA (Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Julie A. Wilkinson, San Francisco, James W. Erwin, Michael D. O’Keefe, […]

420 F.3d 82 Shobinder GILL, Petitioner,v.IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICES, Respondent. Docket No. 03-40612. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued: April 18, 2005. Decided: August 18, 2005. Charles L. Mester, New York, New York, for Petitioner Shobinder Gill. Dale A. Goldberg, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Dayton, Ohio (Gregory […]

420 F.3d 757 Tommy Joe STUTZKA, Guardian and Conservator for Carol A. Gibilisco, Plaintiff/Appellant,v.James P. McCARVILLE, as Conservator and Guardian of Cheryl A. Nord-McCarville; James Walters, doing business as Prestige Mortgage; Popular Financial Services, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Defendants/Appellees.Popular Financial Services, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Third Party Plaintiff,v.Lunnar Title & Escrow, […]

420 F.3d 763 Michael ALTIMORE, Appellant,v.MOUNT MERCY COLLEGE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Appellee. No. 04-3253. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 20, 2005. Filed: August 24, 2005. Amy L. Reasner, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA (Wilford H. Stone, on the brief), for appellant. Kelly R. Baier, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA (Laura C. Mueller, on […]

420 F.3d 772 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Shaun Joseph RUFF, Appellant. No. 04-3146. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: February 15, 2005. Filed: August 24, 2005. Raphael M. Scheetz, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellant. Teresa K. Baumann, AUSA, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee. Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, RILEY and SMITH, Circuit […]

420 F.3d 792 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Hilda CERVANTES, Appellant. No. 04-3865. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 21, 2005. Filed: August 24, 2005. Andrew K. George, Assistant Federal Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant. Henry J. Shea, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Minneapolis, MN (Thomas B. Heffelfinger, on the brief), for appellee. Before RILEY, […]

420 F.3d 796 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.John F. STOBAUGH, Appellant. No. 04-2312. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: March 17, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED David R. Mercer, argued, Springfield, MO, for appellant. Richard E. Monroe, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO (Lajuana M. Counts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas […]

420 F.3d 804 Jose SALKELD, Petitioner,v.Alberto GONZALES,1 Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. No. 04-1709. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 22, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. Timothy E. Wichmer, argued, St. Louis, Missouri, for petitioner. Jennifer Paisner, Department of Justice, argued, Washington, D.C. (Peter D. Keisler, David V. Bernal, and […]

420 F.3d 819 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Arturo CABALLERO, also known as El Charro, Appellant. No. 04-2407. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 20, 2005. Filed: August 25, 2005. Tricia A. Tenpenny, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellant. Michael S. Oliver, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kansas City, Missouri (Todd P. Graves, on the brief), […]

420 F.3d 712 Janine RUDIN, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-3711. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued April 11, 2005. Decided August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John A. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Lorilea Buerkett (argued), Brown, Hay & Stephens, Springfield, IL, for […]

420 F.3d 728 PFT ROBERSON, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant,v.VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC., and Volvo Transportation Services, N.A., Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. No. 04-3100. No. 04-3232. No. 04-3841. No. 04-3877. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued May 2, 2005. Decided August 25, 2005. Steven H. Hoeft (argued), McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey W. […]

420 F.3d 733 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Angel CARASA-VARGAS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-3222. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: May 9, 2005. Filed: August 11, 2005. Webb L. Wassmer, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellant. Kandice A. Wilcox, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee. Before WOLLMAN, BRIGHT, and BYE, Circuit Judges. […]

420 F.3d 738 Vicky MEYERS, Appellant,v.Joyce STARKE, Individually and in her official capacity; Kathy Carter, Individually and in her official capacity; Darren Duncan, Individually and in his official capacity, Appellees. No. 04-2770. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: June 23, 2005. Filed: August 23, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Joy Shiffermiller, argued, Lincoln, NE, […]

420 F.3d 745 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.David Arden BURLING, Appellant. No. 04-2693. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: March 16, 2005. Filed: August 23, 2005. Jennifer L. Gilg, argued, Federal Public Defender, Omaha, NE, for appellant. Lynnett M. Wagner, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lincoln, NE, for appellee. Before MURPHY, HEANEY, and SMITH, […]

420 F.3d 751 AGGROW OILS, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee,v.NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA; Anderson International Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 03-3345. No. 03-3346. United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Submitted: February 16, 2005. Filed: August 23, 2005. Thomas J. Vollbrecht, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Philip L. Bruner, Kristin L. Poppenberg, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for […]

420 F.3d 663 CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND and Howard McDougal, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.SCHILLI CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-4217. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued June 2, 2005. Decided August 23, 20051. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Charles H. Lee (argued), Central States Law Department, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. James H. Hanson (argued), Scopelitis, Garvin, […]

420 F.3d 689 Michael J. GREEN and Cheryl Poulsen, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.Marlo BUTLER, David Carroll, Mark Salsberry, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-2993. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued May 4, 2005. Decided August 24, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John R. Wimmer (argued), Downers Grove, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Richard S. Huszagh (argued), Office of the Attorney […]

420 F.3d 70 Tatiana PORADISOVA, Pavel Poradisov, andGennadi Poradisov Petitioners,v.Alberto GONZALES,1 Respondent. Docket No. 02-4641. Docket No. 02-4642. Docket No. 03-40550. Docket No. 03-40555. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued: June 3, 2005. Decided: August 16, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Alexander Berkovich, New York, New York, for Petitioners Tatiana Poradisova, […]

420 F.3d 614 Mika’eel Abdullah ABDUS-SAMAD, formerly known as Michael J. Boyd, Petitioner-Appellant,v.Ricky BELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 03-6404. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: July 21, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: Robert L. Hutton, Glankler Brown, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer L. Smith, Office […]

420 F.3d 673 Joseph BARNES, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Kenneth R. BRILEY, Warden, Michael Krolikiewicz, Georgia Schonaur, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-3215. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued June 1, 2005. Decided August 23, 2005. Edward F. Malone, Sandi J. Toll (argued), Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Laura Wunder, Office of the Attorney General, […]

420 F.3d 679 Jon MAGIN, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.MONSANTO COMPANY, Pharmacia Corporation and CP Kelco, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-2997. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued March 30, 2005. Decided August 23, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Craig E. Anderson (argued), Jacobson, Brandvik & Anderson, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Mark S. Bernstein, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum, Perlman & Nagelberg, […]

420 F.3d 702 In re: BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., Tires Product Liability Action. No. 04-1827. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued December 10, 2004. Decided August 24, 2005. Kevin Dubose (argued), Alexander, Dubose, Jones & Townsend, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Colin P. Smith, Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, Craig A. Morgan (argued), Austin, TX, for […]

420 F.3d 707 Jinlong CHEN, Petitioner,v.Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. No. 04-3965. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued July 6, 2005. Decided August 25, 2005. Yongbing Zhang (argued), Wang, Leonard & Condon, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner. Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, […]

420 F.3d 589 THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. No. 03-4438. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: November 2, 2004. Decided and Filed: August 19, 2005. ARGUED: Steven W. Parks, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Paul P. Eyre, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for […]

420 F.3d 598 Edward B. BENZON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.MORGAN STANLEY DISTRIBUTORS, INC.; Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors, Inc.; Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.; Morgan Stanley Investments, L.P.; Morgan Stanley DW, Inc.; and Morgan Stanley, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-5230. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: March 18, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 22, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL […]

420 F.3d 632 Johnnie BASTON, Petitioner-Appellant,v.Margaret BAGLEY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 03-4423. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: April 27, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 25, 2005. ARGUED: Kyle E. Timken, Ohio Public Defender’s Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Timothy D. Prichard, Attorney General’s Office of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kyle […]

420 F.3d 641 Tung-Hsiung WU (Sean Tung-Xiung Wu), Plaintiff-Appellant,v.T.W. WANG, INC. d/b/a World Journal USA, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-2102. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Submitted: July 7, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 26, 2005. ON BRIEF: Eric C. Grimm, Calligaro & Meyering, Taylor, Michigan, for Appellant. Before: GUY, BATCHELDER, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges. OPINION […]

420 F.3d 645 Joan SCHMUDE, Administrator of the estate of Louis Schmude, Plaintiff,v.Michael F. SHEAHAN, Sheriff of Cook County, William Spatz, Patricia Pultz, et al., Defendants.Appeals Of: Edward R. Theobald, Anthony Pinelli, and Alan R. Brunell, Appellants. No. 04-2306. No. 04-2322. No. 04-2343. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued May 2, 2005. Decided […]

420 F.3d 65 LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee,v.THE SEGAL COMPANY, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Counter-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Docket No. CV04-5562. Docket No. CV04-6005. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued: July 15, 2005. Decided: August 9, 2005. Jonathan Bruno, Kaufman Borgest & Ryan LLP (A. Michael Furman, on the brief; Terry D. Weissman, Christopher D. Mickus, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg […]

420 F.3d 652 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Darryl BRYANT, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-2850. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued February 22, 2005. Decided August 22, 2005. James P. Hanlon (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee. William E. Marsh (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant. Before […]

420 F.3d 658 Chrissie WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 03-3818. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued October 26, 2004. Decided August 22, 2005. John A. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Nadine J. Wichern (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee. Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, […]

420 F.3d 521 DIRECTV, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Jeff BUDDEN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-20751. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. Rehearing Denied September 6, 2005. Marc Jay Zwillinger, Howard Robert Rubin (argued), Christian S. Genetski, Jacqueline Sadker, Shahrzad Poormosleh, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Daniel Matthew Burns, Law Offices of Daniel M. […]

420 F.3d 559 In re: AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC., Debtor.Bank of Montreal et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees,v.Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants. No. 03-6500. No. 03-6501. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: July 20, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 16, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: Robin E. Phelan, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, Texas, for […]

420 F.3d 571 Keith HARBIN-BEY, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Lyle RUTTER et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-1458. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Submitted: July 22, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 18, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ON BRIEF: Keith Harbin-Bey, Munising, Michigan, pro se. Before: KENNEDY, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges. OPINION GILMAN, Circuit Judge. 1 Keith Harbin-Bey, a […]

420 F.3d 581 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Gildardo NAVARRO-DIAZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-3954. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: June 21, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 18, 2005. ARGUED: John H. Rion, Rion, Rion & Rion, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellant. Laura I. Clemmens, Assistant United States Attorney, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John […]

420 F.3d 516 Vily LONG, Petitioner,v.Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent. No. 04-60399. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. Simon M. Azar-Farr, Simon Azar-Farr & Associates, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner. Ernesto Horacio Molina, Jr., David V. Bernal, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, […]

420 F.3d 53 In re MERRIMAC PAPER COMPANY, INC., Debtor,Merrimac Paper Company, Inc., Plaintiff, Appellee,v.Ralph Harrison, Defendant, Appellant. No. 05-1010. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard June 9, 2005. Decided August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas P. Smith, with whom Caffrey & Smith, P.C. was on brief, for appellant. Ellen L. Beard, […]

420 F.3d 532 DIRECTV, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Marc ROBSON, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-30861. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Howard Robert Rubin (argued), Christian S. Genetski, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for DIRECTV, Inc. Donald Bruce Cameron (argued), Cameron Law Firm, Slidell, LA, for Robson. Appeal from the United States […]

420 F.3d 546 DIRECTV, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Randall MINOR, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-50793. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. Howard Robert Rubin (argued), Christian S. Genetski, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for DIRECTV, Inc. Jack M. Wilhelm (argued), Austin, TX, for Minor. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District […]

420 F.3d 551 Vitore RRESHPJA, Petitioner,v.Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. No. 04-3808. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Argued: July 22, 2005. Decided and Filed: August 15, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: Scott A. Keillor, Ypsilanti, Michigan, for Petitioner. Shelley Goad, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. […]

420 F.3d 440 CITY OF SHOREACRES; et al., Plaintiffs,City of Shoreacres; City of Taylor Lake Village, Texas; Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation Association; Texas Committee on Natural Resources; Galveston Bay Foundation; Houston Yacht Club; Professionals Involved in Seafood Concerned Enterprises; Gulf Restoration Network; City of Seabrook; City of El Lago, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.Leonard D. WATERWORTH, Colonel, District […]

420 F.3d 457 Haven McCLAREN, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.MORRISON MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-50563. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 8, 2005. John P. Mobbs (argued), El Paso, TX, for McClaren. Cornelius R Heusel (argued), Shelley M. Sullivan, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States […]

420 F.3d 467 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Travis James HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 03-51147. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 8, 2005. Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Angela S. Raba (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Alexander Lee Calhoun (argued), Law Office of Alex Calhoun, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the […]

420 F.3d 479 Bernard James WARD, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,v.Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. No. 03-51352. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED David L. Botsford (argued), Law Office of David L. Botsford, Austin, TX, for Bernard James […]

420 F.3d 5 Jorge J. GONZALEZ, Petitioner, Appellant,v.The JUSTICES OF the MUNICIPAL COURT OF BOSTON et al., Respondents, Appellees. No. 03-2732. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard June 8, 2004. Decided August 24, 2005. Robert W. Hagopian on supplemental brief for appellant. Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and David M. […]

420 F.3d 500 Xiaodong LI, Petitioner,v.Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent. No. 03-60670. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Garrett M. White (argued), Houston, TX, for Petitioner. Gregory G. Katsas (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Keith Ian Bernstein, […]

420 F.3d 511 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Veronica SOLIS-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-41439. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 9, 2005. Kathlyn Giannaula Snyder and James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Armando Cavada, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of […]

420 F.3d 454 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Jose Maria GARCIA-MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-41152. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 8, 2005. Julia Bowen Stern, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S. Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Houston, TX, for Garcia-Mendez. Appeal from the United States District Court for the […]

420 F.3d 331 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND; Special Olympics Maryland, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-1378. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Argued December 1, 2004. Decided August 26, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: M. Errol Copilevitz, Copilevitz & Canter, L.L.C., Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants. Michael Daniel Bergman, Federal Trade Commission, […]

420 F.3d 397 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Richard Michael SIMKANIN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-10531. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 5, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Alan L. Hechtkopf, Samuel Robert Lyons (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S. Peter Goldberger (argued), Law Office of Peter Goldberger, Admore, PA, Robert G. Bernhoft, The […]

420 F.3d 420 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Eleuterio LOPEZ-MORENO, also known as Eleuterio Lopez, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-30633. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 8, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Josette Louise Cassiere (argued), Robert Watts Gillespie, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Shreveport, LA, for U.S. Patricia A. Gilley (argued), […]

420 F.3d 45 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Geraldo Mart?n MEL?NDEZ-TORRES, a/k/a Gerald Mel?ndez, Defendant, Appellant. No. 04-1914. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard April 4, 2005. Decided August 25, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Marvin H. Glazier, with whom Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, were on brief, for appellant. Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States […]

420 F.3d 385 In Re: In the Matter of the Complaint of RIVER CITY TOWING SERVICES, INC., as owner of TANK BARGE F-22, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.River City Towing Services, Inc., etc.; et al., Plaintiffs,River City Towing Services, Inc., as Owner of TANK BARGE F-22, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Mary Craig; et al., Claimants,Jerome Jarvis, Carol […]

420 F.3d 388 LYRICK STUDIOS, INC., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee,v.BIG IDEA PRODUCTIONS, INC., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant. No. 03-10837. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 5, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas J. Williams (argued), Haynes & Boone, Fort Worth, TX, Anne M. Johnson, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for Lyrick Studios, Inc. Vincent H. Chieffo (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Santa […]

420 F.3d 35 Antonio C. BRAGA and Debra Braga, Plaintiffs, Appellants,v.GENLYTE GROUP, INC., Defendant, Appellee. No. 04-2429. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard February 9, 2005. Decided August 25, 2005. 1 Brian Cunha, with whom Brian Cunha & Associates, P.C. were on brief, for appellants. 2 Timothy P. Van Dyck, with whom Brian […]

420 F.3d 356 Kathy Yolande MILLER, Petitioner-Appellant,v.Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee. No. 04-40419. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. July 28, 2005. Randy Schaffer (argued), The Schaffer Firm, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant. Marta Rew McLaughlin (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court […]