Jane Louise Kelly
Signed rulings
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“Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson and various other state officials (collectively, Missouri) appeal the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of several abortion-related provisions of Missouri House Bill 126 (HB 126). We affirm.”
“The district court found a section 2 violation after engaging in the requisite precondition analysis and conducting a thorough totality-of-the-circumstances balancing. We affirm.”
“We remand the issue of costs to the district court to determine whether it is the prevailing practice in Iowa to bill clients separately for Westlaw research, and affirm in all other respects.”
“The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and Friedman appeals. We affirm the judgment.”
“Graham... appeal[s] the denial of Graham's post-trial motions and the district court's enforcement of a stipulated-damages clause... We affirm the judgment.”
“We affirm, finding that the 2013 amendment to Minnesota Statute § 122A.33 does not grant McGuire a property interest in the renewal of his coaching contract.”
“These statutes, in turn, require that a restitution award be 'limited to the victim's provable actual loss,' which the government must prove by a preponderance of the evidence.”
“The district court dismissed Newcombe's claim for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Newcombe appeals, and we affirm.”
“Upon careful consideration, we affirm the order of the district court.”
“Binkholder appeals the district court's determination under § 2B1.1 and several other issues arising from the resentencing. We affirm.”
“Merritt appeals his sentence, arguing that his prior drug conspiracy conviction is not a controlled substance offense under the Guidelines.”
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