In Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping PTE, No. 22-30168 (5th Cir. Apr. 28, 2023), the Fifth Circuit divides over whether the district court abused its discretion in issuing an anti-suit injunction to bar litigation of a sailor’s personal injury action in India. “Kholkar Vishveshwar Ganpat, a citizen of India, worked as a crew member onContinue reading “Fifth Circuit Panel Divides Over Issuance of a Foreign Anti-Suit Injunction in Jones Act Case, Noting the Circuit’s “Permissive” Approach Favoring Such Relief”
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Parents of Children with Disabilities Obtain Conflicting Standing Rulings in the Fourth and Eighth Circuits While Challenging State Mask-Mandate Bans in Schools
Two circuits reach different results on standing to bring an injunctive action against the governors of states that banned local school districts from imposing COVID-19 pandemic mask-mandates for students and staff. In both cases, parents and associations challenged the state-level bans under federal statutory law: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Section 504Continue reading “Parents of Children with Disabilities Obtain Conflicting Standing Rulings in the Fourth and Eighth Circuits While Challenging State Mask-Mandate Bans in Schools”
Just in Time for Halloween, Fifth Circuit Reanimates Challenge to “Zombie” Law
In Pool v. City of Houston, No. 19-20828 (5th Cir. Oct. 23, 2020), the Fifth Circuit holds that the district court had subject-matter jurisdiction to consider a constitutional challenge to a petitioning ordinance deemed unconstitutional 20 years earlier and arguably no longer enforced. “It is often said that courts ‘strike down’ laws when ruling themContinue reading “Just in Time for Halloween, Fifth Circuit Reanimates Challenge to “Zombie” Law”
An Intervening Change in Law Nearly Always Warrants Modification of Injunction, Holds Ninth Circuit
In State of California v. EPA, No. 19-17480 (9th Cir. Oct. 22, 2020), the Ninth Circuit holds that the district court abused its discretion by denying the Environmental Protection Agency’s motion for relief from a court-imposed deadline under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5), owing to an intervening change in the regulations. In so holding, theContinue reading “An Intervening Change in Law Nearly Always Warrants Modification of Injunction, Holds Ninth Circuit”
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