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   Federal Courts - 5th Circuit Court of Appeals - February 22, 2007

  
Barrera v. Worldwide Flight Servs., No. 06-20539 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Even if employee established prima facie case of Title VII retaliation, employer stated legitimate nonretaliatory reason for employee's termination, which was that he engaged in racially harassing behavior, in violation of employer's policies and the terms of earlier arbitration agreement that resulted from a prior incident of racial harassment.

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Elizondo v. Gonzales, No. 06-60500 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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H & A Land Corp v. City of Kennedale, No. 05-11474, Consolidated with 06-10304, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Overview: The grant of summary judgment to the off-site store was reversed and the case was remanded for findings as to whether the ordinances left open sufficient alternative channels of communication; the City offered evidence that purported to show a connection between purely off-site businesses, or "bookstores," and harmful secondary effects.

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Montes v. Ransom, No. 05-11206 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Because handcuffing too tightly, without more, did not amount to excessive force, and the arrestee did not reveal any injuries other than minor red marks and perhaps a small amount of swelling, his claims of excessive force and failure to provide medical care in the jail, were properly dismissed by summary judgment by the district court.

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Orduna v. Tex. Comm'n on Alcohol & Drug Abuse, m 06-20555 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Overview: A district court's grant of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) motion to dismiss was affirmed because, even though the case was accidentally closed by the court clerk, an individual took no action for four and a half years to advance his case; to conduct discovery or file pleadings, he did not need the court to set a trial date, so he caused the delay.

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Pequeno v. Schmidt (In re Pequeno), No. 06-40910 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Salgado v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons, No. 06-20011 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Sunshine Traders of El Paso, Inc. v. Dolgencorp, Inc., No. 05-51669 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Overview: District court partially erred in granting summary judgment to store corporation in a breach of contract suit filed by jeans manufacturer. Manufacturer's "open account" claims were timely asserted under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 16.004(c). Statute of fraud defense applied to manufacturer's third claim. Its fourth claim was time-barred.

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United States v. De La Pena, No. 06-50450 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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United States v. Hamilton, No. 06-30482 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2007, Filed
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Overview: The district court did not violate Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(i)(1)(A) and (B), 18 U.S.C.S. § 3552, and the Sixth Amendment because its was not required to provide defendant with the probation officer's sentencing recommendations and defendant had already been provided with the information in the PSR amendment.

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