"Instead of having discrete, regional circuits where one party can dramatically outnumber the other and where litigants and ...

But the Eleventh Circuit held their claims were barred by sovereign immunity. Now, the Supreme Court has a chance to set things right and hold the gov't accountable. Read more here! Also this ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit covers just three states: Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. But it is having an outsize influence on the cases and controversies that reach the U.S ...

If there is a down-to-the-deadline scramble at the Supreme Court to intervene on a hot-button case with far-reaching implications, there is a good chance that the 5th US Circuit Court of ...

March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Circuit Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta plans to step down from active service on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, creating the first new appellate court vacancy since ...

The 5th Circuit upheld that order, too. The government asked the high court to void, rather than just pause, the lower court rulings to send a message that lower courts should not "countermand ...

The US Supreme Court will hear appeals of a 5th Circuit ruling that called Universal Service fees on phone bills an illegal tax. The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled in July that the ...

When a court is deciding whether a police officer or prison guard is immune from a civil lawsuit, does agreement among circuits that certain police conduct is unconstitutional carry any weight?

Once again, an incoming Trump White House is likely to clash with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But the court in San Francisco has changed since 2017. By Mattathias Schwartz On ...