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   Federal Courts - 8th Circuit Court of Appeals - February 17, 2006

  
Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Gainey Transp. Servs., No. 05-2985, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Mosby v. Norris, No. 04-2051, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Murphy v. City Utils. of Springfield, No. 05-1285, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Rotskoff v. Cooley, No. 05-1855, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Where a jury found an owner liable for securities fraud and the district court denied the owner's motion for a directed verdict, the verdict was upheld because, inter alia, the owner waived his argument regarding sufficiency of the evidence since the issue was not developed in his briefs as required by Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(9)(A).

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United States v. Ayon, No. 05-2714, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's conviction on amphetamine counts was affirmed where a reasonable jury could have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the United States was only required to prove defendant knowingly possessed a controlled substance, not that he knew he possessed amphetamine. District court did not commit error in setting the sentence.

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United States v. Barron, No. 05-2079, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Overview: District court acknowledged defendant had filed a motion under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4A1.3(b)(1) for a downward departure based on the overrepresentation of his criminal history. It clearly recognized its authority to depart and simply chose not to do so. Under the circumstances, its refusal to depart was not reviewable.

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United States v. Cain, No. 05-2612, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Overview: District court did not impose an unreasonable sentence and defendant had not overcome the presumption that his sentence within the advisory USSG range was reasonable where the district court properly considered the USSG range and applied the other factors in 18 U.S.C.S. § 3553(a), including the nature, seriousness, and circumstances of the offense.

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United States v. Rogers, No. 05-1861, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant contended his criminal history category of IV substantially overrepresented the seriousness of his criminal history. District court clearly recognized its authority to depart under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4A1.3(b)(1) and simply chose not to do so. Under the circumstances, its refusal to depart was not reviewable.

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Vaughn v. Greene County, Nos. 04-3916/04-4068, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, February 17, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Where a pretrial detainee repeatedly vomited in his cell and eventually died of a heart attack, the sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity as to the sister's Fourteenth Amendment claim under § 1983 because, inter alia, there was no evidence that the sheriff knew of the decedent's serious medical needs and deliberately disregarded them.

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