Tag Archives: Fifth Circuit

New Jersey Attorney General Cease-and-Desist Letter Sent to Second-Amendment Organization in Texas Supported Personal Jurisdiction There, Holds Fifth Circuit

In Defense Distributed v. Grewal, No. 19-50723 (5th Cir. 19-50723),  the Fifth Circuit reverses dismissal, on personal jurisdiction grounds, of a suit between the Attorney General of New Jersey (Grewal) and two organizations – Defense Distributed and Second Amendment Foundation (“SAF”). Defense Distributed, located in Austin, Texas, makes computer files available by download for peopleContinue reading “New Jersey Attorney General Cease-and-Desist Letter Sent to Second-Amendment Organization in Texas Supported Personal Jurisdiction There, Holds Fifth Circuit”

Removal to the Wrong Federal District Court Is A Procedural, Not Jurisdictional, Defect According to the Fifth Circuit

In Hinkley v. Envoy Air, Inc., No. 19-10848 (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2020), the panel is presented with a convoluted problem of removal from state court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) that was filed in the wrong federal district. The panel holds that such a defect is only procedural rather than jurisdictional and was thusContinue reading “Removal to the Wrong Federal District Court Is A Procedural, Not Jurisdictional, Defect According to the Fifth Circuit”

Criminal Confessions of Cooperating Witnesses Not Admissible as Prior Consistent Statements Under Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B), Holds Fifth Circuit

For the second time in the past two weeks, in United States  v. Portillo, No. 18-50793 (5th Cir. Aug. 5, 2020), a U.S. Court of Appeals publishes an opinion applying the 2014 amendment to Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B) that expanded the admissibility of prior consistent statements. The Second Circuit recently upheld the admission of priorContinue reading “Criminal Confessions of Cooperating Witnesses Not Admissible as Prior Consistent Statements Under Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B), Holds Fifth Circuit”

Fifth Circuit Holds That Article III Standing Must Be Determined Per Violation in Clean Air Act Case Alleging 16,386 Violations

In Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp., No. 17-20545 (5th Cir. July 29, 2020), noting that heretofore “no court appears to have found standing for some Clean Air Act violations but not others,” a Fifth Circuit panel becomes apparently the first to hold that there must be Article III “standing for each violationContinue reading “Fifth Circuit Holds That Article III Standing Must Be Determined Per Violation in Clean Air Act Case Alleging 16,386 Violations”