A panel of the Fifth Circuit (Smith, Elrod, Oldham) ruled in favor of the plaintiff in Sambrano v. United Airlines. The panel issued an unpublished opinion. Judge Smith dissented on the merits.

Yet, the Fifth Circuit remains the most interesting circuit in the country. I recently blogged about an unpublished opinion concerning Planned Parenthood. I suggested that the panel's choice to ...

Judge Smith requests en banc review of the opinion — that is, consideration by the entirety of the Fifth Circuit’s judges, typically reserved for particularly significant or controversial rulings — ...

In a critical ruling, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Marlowe Holberg, a Texas woman who has ...

The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Olive Branch, Mississippi, is challenging the state’s ban on advertisements ...

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals won't rehear a case after ruling against Mississippi's law allowing mail-in absentee ballot counting after election day.

Although the appeals court ruled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act constitutional, Florida’s attorney general announced his office would not defend the law if the case is ...

A U.S. appeals court has once again upheld Florida’s 2018 law barring people under age 21 from buying long guns, rejecting a ...

You can't say that you're in favor of judicial independence only when it comes to decisions that you like," Ho said of the Federal Judiciary Association. "That's not protecting the judiciary. That's ...

Juliana v. United States has met its end, said Oregon-based climate activists, after nearly a decade of trying to bring the ...

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) is removing Tornado Cash from its Specially Designated ...