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On Third Go-Around in Fifth Circuit, Court Holds That Plaintiffs Forfeited a Law-of-the-Case Argument by Not Seeking Rehearing of the Second Panel Decision

In Pool v. City of Houston, No. 24-20138 (5th Cir. Jan. 2, 2026), the Fifth Circuit affirms a post-judgment vacatur of attorney’s fees after the original judgment in plaintiff’s favor was vacated by the Fifth Circuit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. While the plaintiffs may have had a valid law-of-the-case argument to otherwise sustain theContinue reading “On Third Go-Around in Fifth Circuit, Court Holds That Plaintiffs Forfeited a Law-of-the-Case Argument by Not Seeking Rehearing of the Second Panel Decision”

Fifth Circuit Holds That It Has No Appellate Jurisdiction Over Post-Judgment Order to Return Interpleaded Funds to the Court’s Registry

In Reed Migraine Centers of TX v. Ticer, No. 20-10156 (5th Cir. Feb. 2, 2021), the panel holds that a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5) order reopening an interpleader action and directing return of the funds was not a final appealable order. “Dr. Kenneth Reed, a member of both Reed Migraine Centers of Texas, LLCContinue reading “Fifth Circuit Holds That It Has No Appellate Jurisdiction Over Post-Judgment Order to Return Interpleaded Funds to the Court’s Registry”