Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Fifth Circuit reversed a district court dismissal of a securities fraud suit, holding that shareholders who exchanged preferred stock for new company shares purchased securities for value. The court clarified that a stock-for-stock exchange in a spinoff satisfies the statutory standing requirements under the Securities Act of nineteen thirty-three.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' refusal to cancel removal proceedings. The court held that the Board properly applied the statutory hardship standard and that the petitioner failed to preserve a claim regarding the Board's analytical method.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in a diversity action involving insurance coverage. The court held that the insurer owed no duty to defend or indemnify the insured because the underlying claims were inextricably linked to excluded intentional acts.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court upheld the denial of a third motion to reopen based on a lack of sufficient evidence regarding changed country conditions and eligibility for relief.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed this appeal sua sponte due to a lack of jurisdiction. The court found the appellant's notice of appeal was filed more than a year after the statutory deadline.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court found substantial evidence supporting the agency's determination that the petitioner failed to establish eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying cancellation of removal. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision upholding an order denying relief from removal. The court found the petitioner's proposed social group was not cognizable and that he failed to exhaust due process arguments.
The Ninth Circuit held that the federal immigration statute covering crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment includes child endangerment offenses where no actual injury occurs. The court further ruled that such crimes require at least criminal negligence and an act that places a child in a situation likely to produce bodily or mental harm.
The Ninth Circuit held that the federal immigration statute covering crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment includes child endangerment offenses where no actual injury occurs. The court further determined that such crimes require at least criminal negligence and an act of placing a child in a situation likely to produce bodily or mental harm.
