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The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of summary judgment against police detectives and a prosecutor in a civil rights suit alleging a reckless investigation and evidence suppression. The court held that genuine disputes of material fact exist regarding whether the defendants violated clearly established law by ignoring exculpatory evidence and coercing witnesses.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a district court dismissal of a negligence claim involving commercial driver drug testing. The appellate panel held that the lower court erred by relying on facts not alleged in the complaint to justify the dismissal.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an asylum claim. The court ruled that the petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies by raising a new particular social group for the first time on appeal.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded a district court judgment involving multiemployer pension withdrawal liability. The court addressed whether separate corporate entities should be treated as a single employer and clarified the rules for allocating partial payments and applying interest rate amendments.
The Ninth Circuit remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 rule regarding the flame retardant decaBromodiphenyl Ether without vacatur, finding the agency failed to provide substantial evidence for its decision not to regulate specific exposure pathways under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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 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 United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to a state prisoner challenging the timeliness of his federal habeas petition. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that reasonable jurists would debate the district court's procedural ruling that his claim was time-barred under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court order upholding the Board for Correction of Naval Records denial of a discharge upgrade. The court held that the Board properly applied Department of Defense guidance and that the veteran's serious misconduct outweighed mitigating mental health factors.
The Ninth Circuit remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 rule regarding the flame retardant decaBromodiphenyl Ether without vacatur, finding the agency failed to provide substantial evidence for excluding recycling, disposal, wastewater, and sewage sludge from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
