Supreme Court overturns death penalty case

New York Amsterdam News;  June 22, 2005 ;     487 words ......06-22-2005 Opponents of the death penalty and supporters of...aggressively about the death penalty and that the jury...Miller-El's case to the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit...in Texas, where the death penalty has been increasingly...decried the use of ...

DEATH PENALTY OVERHAUUL:PATRICK LEAHY

Congressional Testimony;  June 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......accumulated, exposing a death penalty system that is broken...steadfastly support the death penalty. Senator Feingold...Court let stand the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...and opponents of the death penalty. It is not easy to...third-rail issue like death ...

THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT'S PROVISIONS ON JURISDICTION,...

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a good map 527 III. A Catalogue of Fifth Circuit Mistakes 531 A. Misreading Rodrigue...United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit comprises sixteen active and three...discrepancies become important enough, the Fifth Circuit is supposed to convene en banc in order...

The 'fifth circuit four': how four federal judges brought the rule of...

The Nation;  May 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ......President Dwight Eisenhower to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, who fleshed out the...decisions. Instead, it affirmed major Fifth Circuit opinions about civil rights or let...acceptable to the South. At that time the Fifth Circuit stretched 1,500 miles, from Savannah...

Counsel For Plaintiffs In SCLC V. Louisiana Supreme Court Criticizes Fifth...

U.S. Newswire;  May 31, 2001 ;     414 words ......by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of Rule XX, the disputed Supreme Court...qualify for clinic representation." The Fifth Circuit opinion also states that the challenged...Law Clinic. So, for our clients, the Fifth Circuit's opinion provides cold comfort. The...

Legitimate alchemy in the 20th century: IOLTA proceeds are no fool's gold;...

The Review of Litigation;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Fifth Circuit Holding On September 12, 1996, a three-jud...United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously held that lawyers' clients...Accounts ("IOLTAs").' The decision by the Fifth Circuit to vacate2 in part the district court...

THE FAILURES OF THE DEATH PENALTY

The Boston Globe;  January 25, 2003 ;     648 words ......REINSTATING THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN GREGG V. GEORGIA...courts. The reinstated death penalty became a reality when...Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act" into law, which...Burdine v. Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...portion of his client's ...

Fifth Circuit values estate tax claim on date of death.

The Tax Adviser;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Estate of Smith, 198 F3d 515 (1999), the Fifth Circuit ruled that claims against an estate...post-death events are irrelevant. Also, the Fifth Circuit held that this ruling applies even...liable. Reversing the Tax Court, the Fifth Circuit ruled that the amount of Exxon's claim...

Fifth Circuit Rules that Constitution Requires Texas Courts to Give Full...

PR Newswire;  December 14, 2006 ;     400 words ......in Nelson v. Quarterman, the full Fifth Circuit sitting en banc resolved a long-standing...Rowe and Maw, the court ruled that the Fifth Circuit and Texas state courts have not been...mitigating evidence. Background: The Fifth Circuit ruled that (1) statutory sentencing...

Susman Godfrey Wins Fifth Circuit Appeal Holding That Immigrants are Not...

PR Newswire;  August 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......United States Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit ruled Monday in favor of Susman Godfrey...so he appealed that ruling to the Fifth Circuit. At that point, Susman Godfrey attorneys...appellate counsel. The New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit reviews appeals from federal courts...

National Abortion Federation Joins Growing Coalition Opposed To Nomination...

U.S. Newswire;  January 24, 2002 ;     339 words ......nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. "We have decided...nomination is critical because the Fifth Circuit has had the final say on many pieces...abortion providers and their patients. The Fifth Circuit has jurisdiction over Texas, Louisiana...

National Abortion Federation Urges Defeat Of Nomination Of Charles...

U.S. Newswire;  March 14, 2002 ;     307 words ......have one more judge appointed to the Fifth Circuit who would roll back their rights...a delegation of residents from the Fifth Circuit who recently came to Washington, D...Mississippi, and Texas. The women in the Fifth Circuit deserve to have a judge who will preserve...

U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules on DART.

Mass Transit;  May 1, 2001 ;     145 words ...A ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the Dallas Area Rapid Transit...same protection. Although DART works with state agencies, the Fifth Circuit found that it is not a public entity. Although a regional entity...

Kauai gets new Fifth Circuit judge

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  August 18, 2005 ;     222 words ......Watanabe, surrounded by family and friends, was welcomed home as Fifth Circuit Court judge at the $42 million complex yesterday. Gov. Linda...January 2003 until she was picked for the position vacated when Fifth Circuit Judge Clifford Nakea retired. She has worked in public service...

Earthjustice: Recess Appointment Ignores Objections to Judicial Nominee;...

U.S. Newswire;  January 16, 2004 ;     375 words ......vital U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Earthjustice said today. "This is...blocked Pickering's re-nomination to the Fifth Circuit, marking the second time that senators...Southern states represented by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Sugameli said, "President...