Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to four former employees of Wilbur-Ellis Company. The court held that the employer failed to provide sufficient evidence to support its claims of trade secret misappropriation, breach of duty of loyalty, and tortious interference.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a drug trafficking sentence after finding any alleged errors in the district court's application of sentencing guidelines were harmless. The court held that the district judge would have imposed the same sentence regardless of the defendant's objections.
The Eighth Circuit vacated a federal sentence and remanded the case due to procedural errors regarding sentencing guidelines. The court found the district court failed to explicitly address whether a state robbery conviction constituted relevant conduct to the federal firearms charge.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion for early termination of supervised release for a defendant convicted of distributing child pornography. The court held that the district court acted within its broad discretion given the severity of the offenses and the defendant's history.
The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review because the petitioner failed to raise key legal arguments before the Board of Immigration Appeals. The court held that it cannot address issues that were not presented during the adversarial administrative proceedings.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the kidnapping and assault convictions of Ellery Zephier, Sr. The court rejected arguments regarding the admission of prior bad acts evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the verdict.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a thirty-two hundred forty-month sentence for a defendant convicted of producing and possessing child pornography. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in applying a sentencing enhancement because the minor victim was in the defendant's temporary custody and care.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Theotis Thornton despite noting his appeal was filed one day late. The court held that Thornton's unconditional guilty plea waived his right to challenge the denial of his motion to suppress evidence.
The Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a defendant who had signed a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver. The court found the waiver enforceable and determined there were no non-frivolous issues to review outside its scope.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in a pro se civil rights action brought by an Arkansas inmate. The court held that the inmate failed to establish deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs or valid claims for failure to supervise.