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The Fourth Circuit affirmed a within-Guidelines sentence for a felon who possessed a firearm with a large capacity magazine without knowing its specific features. The court held that the sentencing enhancement applies regardless of the defendant's knowledge of the magazine's capacity.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal in an intellectual property dispute by agreement of the parties. The court ordered that each side shall bear its own costs.
The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss an appeal based on a plea agreement waiver. The court enforced the waiver because the defendant knowingly and voluntarily gave up his right to appeal.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a food processor's negligence claims against a bank. The court held that under Mississippi law, a bank owes no duty of care to a non-customer whose funds are diverted by third parties.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights action alleging family integrity violations. The court held that the plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts showing defendants acted under color of state law or committed judicial deception.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit certified two questions of Ohio law to the Supreme Court of Ohio regarding the voluntary-payment defense in consumer lending disputes. The court determined that existing state precedents are too unsettled to allow a federal court to guess how the defense applies to contracts with conflicting price terms.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a complaint alleging disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act because the plaintiff failed to plead specific facts regarding proposed reasonable accommodations.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff's employment discrimination claims against Fulton County. The court held that the county was not the plaintiff's employer under the joint employer test because the Juvenile Court retained sole authority over employment conditions.
The Sixth Circuit remanded the case to the district court for further jurisdictional discovery because the parties failed to adequately plead facts necessary to establish diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Section 1332.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that a multiemployer pension plan had the authority to expel a single bargaining unit from its plan. The court also upheld the dismissal of the plan's counterclaim regarding the effective withdrawal date due to a mandatory arbitration requirement.
