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  • Peavy v. WFAA

    Publication Date: 2000-08-02
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    Date Filed: 2000-07-31
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: POLITZ, JOLLY, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges
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    Case Number: No. 99-10272

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:Primarily at issue is whether the First Amendment shields WFAA-TV, Inc., an

  • Southwestern Bell Telephone LP v. City of Houston

    Publication Date: 2008-05-22
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-20
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-20320

    Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. (AT&T), contests the dismissal of its claims that a City of Houston, Texas, ordinance violates the Feder

  • United States v. Suerte

    Publication Date: 2002-05-15
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    Date Filed: 2002-05-14
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 01-20626

    At issue is whether, for extraterritorial application of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. App. � 1901 et seq., the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires a nexus between a forei

  • Hashemite Kingdon of Jordan ex rel Muasher v. Layale Enterprises, S.A.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-19
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-31
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-11018

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasThe primary issue at hand is whether an in rem action brought by an ambassador in a representative capacity constitute

  • AT & T Universal Card Services v. Mercer

    Publication Date: 2001-03-27
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-23
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 98-60693

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of MississippiRehearing en banc was granted to determine, for credit card debt (card-debt), the standards for bankruptcy nondi

  • In re 1994 Exxon Chemical Fire

    Publication Date: 2009-02-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-04
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-30530

    Published opinionBefore JOLLY, BARKSDALE, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.In this long-pending litigation arising out of a chemical fire in 1994 at Exxon Corporation's chemical plant at Baton Rouge,