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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an appeal for lack of specificity. The court held that the petitioner's notice of appeal failed to provide meaningful guidance to the agency.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Individual Freedom Act as applied to public university professors. The court held that the state cannot ban professors from teaching specific viewpoints on race and sex in the classroom.
The Fifth Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment in a Federal Tort Claims Act case involving a Customs and Border Protection agent. The appellate court held that a reasonable jury could find the agent was acting within the scope of his employment when he struck a plaintiff while retrieving donated supplies for his union.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a defamation and breach of contract lawsuit brought by Zia Chishti against Tatiana Spottiswoode. The court held that Spottiswoode's congressional testimony and related statements were protected by legislative privilege and First Amendment principles.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Individual Freedom Act as applied to public university professors. The court held that the statute's viewpoint-based restrictions on classroom speech violate the First Amendment and cannot be justified by employee speech or government speech doctrines.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the Maritime Administration's approval of a deepwater LNG export project. The court held that the environmental petitioners failed to establish Article III standing because they could not demonstrate a concrete, particularized injury traceable to the agency's licensing decision.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in a civil rights suit arising from the death of Jared Lakey during a police encounter. The court held that the Carter County Sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity and that there was insufficient evidence of an informal custom of excessive force.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of MillerKnoll, Inc. in a dispute over the ownership of intellectual property rights to the Bubble Lamp design. The court held that the Nelson family authorized the company to own and use the intellectual property through a series of agreements and ratified that ownership by accepting royalty payments.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment in a medical malpractice case. The appellate court held that the district court properly excluded the plaintiffs' causation expert due to repeated discovery violations.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pro se action brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The court found no basis for reversal after reviewing the district court's decision de novo.