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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Michigan's constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to establish Article III standing because they did not allege specific enforcement actions by the defendants that caused their alleged injuries.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a motion to remand a Merit Systems Protection Board case for reconsideration. The court determined that allowing the agency to reconsider its previous position would preserve party and judicial resources.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by Catina Castro against IKEA. The court ruled that the notice of appeal was filed well beyond the statutory deadline.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order that pretermitted an application for relief from removal. The court found no error in the determination that the petitioner abandoned her application by failing to comply with biometric requirements.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition challenging an Immigration Judge's refusal to accept a late motion and dismissed the petition regarding a request to reopen proceedings. The court found the petitioner waived his challenge to the timeliness ruling and lacked jurisdiction to review the discretionary denial of a sua sponte reopening.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in a civil dispute involving an insurance company. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's handling of the appellant's multiple civil claims.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to an insurance company denying coverage for flood damage to a jewelry store. The court held that the backup of a sewer system was caused by a flood, triggering a policy exclusion, and that the insured failed to provide reliable evidence of wind damage to the building's walls.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court judgment granting judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement in a patent dispute over commercial-skipping technology. The court held that the evidence did not support a finding that the defendants directly disabled navigation objects or contained required configuration identifiers within individual navigation objects as required by the patents.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a pro se plaintiff who challenged a district court order granting a motion to dismiss without prejudice. The court held that the order was not final because the plaintiff had not obtained a finalized decision ending the district court proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a consumer protection lawsuit alleging fraud in the honey industry. The appellate panel held that the plaintiffs failed to meet the heightened pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure nine point B.