Appellant Susan Murphy sued her former employer, FedEx National LTL, Inc. ("FedEx"), claiming that FedEx violated the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., when it fired her after representing to her that it had granted her leave. The district court submitted Murphy's FMLA cl...   MORE>>

Crystal Green appeals from the district court's order affirming the denial of supplemental security income benefits. Green alleges disability from multiple mental impairments. After a hearing, an administrative law judge (ALJ) found that Green was severely impaired by organic mental disorder, depres...   MORE>>

Youa Vang Lee (Lee), as trustee for the heirs and next-of-kin of Fong Lee, filed suit against Minneapolis Police Officer Jason Andersen and the City of Minneapolis, among others, alleging a federal cause of action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as state law tort claims arising from the death ...   MORE>>

Appellee Alvin Howard brought this negligence action against Missouri Bone and Joint Center, Inc. (“MBJC”), alleging that MBJC’s negligence caused the back injury Howard sustained in 2001. The jury returned a verdict for Howard, after which MBJC filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law o...   MORE>>

Dr. Antoine Khoury appeals the district court’s dismissal of his tort lawsuit against Philips Medical Systems (Philips). Dr. Khoury argues the district court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of his expert witness, Dr. Robert Andres, as unqualified and unreliable under Fed. R. Evid....   MORE>>

An Arizona judge sentenced David Scott Detrich to death after a jury convicted him of murder, kidnapping, and sexual abuse. After exhausting his state remedies, Detrich filed a petition for habeas corpus in federal district court alleging, among other things, that his trial counsel was unconstitutio...   MORE>>

Lynn Marie Larson contends that she is disabled by anxiety, depression, and ankle pain. She applied for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”), but an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) concluded that her impairments, although severe, are not disabling. The district court upheld the agency’s d...   MORE>>

The defendants, Eliezer Rosa-Carino and Samuel Diaz-Dumenigo, were convicted on four counts of participating in a large, international conspiracy to import by sea more than 5 kilograms of cocaine from nations in the Carribean, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, 952(a), 963. The conspiracy imported for d...   MORE>>

Respondent determined a $333,244.59 deficiency in the Federal estate tax of the Estate of Marie J. Jensen (decedent). The issue for decision is the amount of the discount for built-in long-term capital gains tax (LTCG tax) that is allowable in computing the fair market value of the estate’s intere...   MORE>>

Walter Raleigh Johnson, Jr. ("Johnson") appeals his conviction for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. He argues that the district court erred in admitting the testimony of a Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") Agent under Federal Rule of Evidence ("Rule") 701 and erred ...   MORE>>