Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The most-cited opinions of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on UpLaw — 10,678 decisions from 1898–2024, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association 79 F.3d 1415 · cited by 4,631
• United States v. Flores 632 F.3d 229 · cited by 3,431
• Little v. Liquid Air Corp. 37 F.3d 1069 · cited by 2,815
• United States v. Dabeit 231 F.3d 979 · cited by 2,231
• Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division 985 F.2d 222 · cited by 2,147
• Howard v. King 707 F.2d 215 · cited by 2,039
• National Labor Relations Board v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Local 990 430 F.2d 966 · cited by 1,925
• United States of America and Robert W. Wallace v. Claude R. Wilson, Jr., and Modes, Inc. 864 F.2d 1219 · cited by 1,924
• United States v. Mares 402 F.3d 511 · cited by 1,565
• Robert L. Baugh v. Joe Max Taylor Eric Nevelow Perry Evans 117 F.3d 197 · cited by 1,553
• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. 488 F.2d 714 · cited by 1,523
• The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman 411 F.2d 365 · cited by 1,477
• Adepegba v. Hammons 103 F.3d 383 · cited by 1,371
• Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner 813 F.2d 744 · cited by 1,305
• Ennis Nettles v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida 677 F.2d 404 · cited by 1,155
• In Re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation 495 F.3d 191 · cited by 1,145
• Bobby Battle v. U.S. Parole Commission 834 F.2d 419 · cited by 1,117
• United States v. Oscar Garza-Lopez 410 F.3d 268 · cited by 1,069
• Lawrence H. Ramming v. United States of America, John Thomas Cloud v. United States 281 F.3d 158 · cited by 903
• United States v. Mondragon-Santiago 564 F.3d 357 · cited by 815
• In re Volkswagen of America, Inc. 545 F.3d 304 · cited by 755
• United States v. Pineda-Arrellano 492 F.3d 624 · cited by 750
• John D. Williamson, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. Gordon G. Tucker, Defendants-Appellees-Cross 58 A.L.R. Fed. 371 · cited by 719
• United States v. Orange Jell Beechum 582 F.2d 898 · cited by 699
• Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance 530 F.3d 395 · cited by 687
• International Shortstop, Inc., and Sam Talkington v. Rally's, Inc. 939 F.2d 1257 · cited by 686
• Marian Fontenot, Etc. v. The Upjohn Company 780 F.2d 1190 · cited by 682
• Collins v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 224 F.3d 496 · cited by 664
• Turner v. Baylor Richardson Medical Center 476 F.3d 337 · cited by 662
• Lone Star Fund v (U.S.), L.P. v. Barclays Bank PLC 594 F.3d 383 · cited by 650
• United States v. Cisneros-Gutierrez 517 F.3d 751 · cited by 647
• Templet v. Hydrochem Inc. 367 F.3d 473 · cited by 630
• Miller v. Johnson 200 F.3d 274 · cited by 622
• Forsyth v. Barr 19 F.3d 1527 · cited by 622
• Piotrowski v. City of Houston 237 F.3d 567 · cited by 621
• United States v. Alonzo 435 F.3d 551 · cited by 604
• In Re Volkswagen Ag Volkswagen of America, Inc. 28 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 731 · cited by 595
• Jose Evaristo Reyes-Requena v. United States 243 F.3d 893 · cited by 578
• Ragas v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. 136 F.3d 455 · cited by 568
• Manguno v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance 276 F.3d 720 · cited by 567
• Lormand v. US Unwired, Inc. 565 F.3d 228 · cited by 567
• Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Inc. v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit 369 F.3d 464 · cited by 561
• United States v. Smith 440 F.3d 704 · cited by 527
• James Stephen Jones v. M.L. Greninger, M.L. Greninger Yolanda Cornelius Ralph Figueroa 188 F.3d 322 · cited by 519
• Geiger v. Jowers 404 F.3d 371 · cited by 519
• Home Builders Ass'n of Mississippi, Inc. v. City of Madison 143 F.3d 1006 · cited by 518
• Great Plains Trust Co. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. 313 F.3d 305 · cited by 517
• Celia SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD BRANDS, INC., Defendant-Appellee 431 F.2d 455 · cited by 511
• Frank J. Hradesky v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 540 F.2d 821 · cited by 510
• Acuna v. Brown & Root Inc. 200 F.3d 335 · cited by 508
• Newton v. Apfel 209 F.3d 448 · cited by 503
• Dino Cinel v. Harry F. Connick, Individually and as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana 15 F.3d 1338 · cited by 496
• Genus D. Ulmer v. George Chancellor, Sheriff, and Jones County Board of Supervisors 691 F.2d 209 · cited by 493
• Moore v. Ashland Chemical Inc. 151 F.3d 269 · cited by 493
• United States v. Peltier 505 F.3d 389 · cited by 490
• Boudreaux v. Swift Transportation Co. 402 F.3d 536 · cited by 489
• United States v. Nelson Bell 678 F.2d 547 · cited by 481
• Guillory v. PPG Industries, Inc. 434 F.3d 303 · cited by 480
• United States v. Campos-Maldonado 531 F.3d 337 · cited by 472
• Moises Galindo v. Precision American Corp., Georgia Pacific Corporation 754 F.2d 1212 · cited by 463
• Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections 766 F.2d 179 · cited by 461
• Cuvillier v. Taylor 503 F.3d 397 · cited by 458
• Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco Company 84 F.3d 734 · cited by 453
• United States v. Calverley 37 F.3d 160 · cited by 447
• Domino v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice 239 F.3d 752 · cited by 446
• Kelli Smallwood v. Illinois Central Railroad Company Mississippi Department of Transportation 385 F.3d 568 · cited by 441
• Taylor v. Books a Million, Inc. 296 F.3d 376 · cited by 434
• Patricia GREENSPAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 38 F.3d 232 · cited by 434
• Patricia Lebouef Murphy, as Administratrix of the Estate of Edward Fontenot, Deceased, Etc. v. Houma Well Service, and Eva C. Fontenot, Intervenor 409 F.2d 804 · cited by 432
• Susan Waltman v. International Paper Co. 875 F.2d 468 · cited by 430
• United States v. Fortino Saucedo Villegas 404 F.3d 355 · cited by 428
• United States v. Cooks 589 F.3d 173 · cited by 426
• United States v. Cantwell 470 F.3d 1087 · cited by 426
• United States v. Duarte 569 F.3d 528 · cited by 418
• Knight v. Kirby Inland Marine Inc. 482 F.3d 347 · cited by 417
• Siglar v. Hightower 112 F.3d 191 · cited by 413
• United States v. Gomez-Herrera 523 F.3d 554 · cited by 411
• Edward Charles Varnado v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division 920 F.2d 320 · cited by 408
• Soadjede v. Ashcroft 324 F.3d 830 · cited by 408
• S&w Enterprises, L.L.C., a Nevada Limited Liability Company v. Southtrust Bank of Alabama, Na, an Alabama Banking Corporation 315 F.3d 533 · cited by 406
• McCoy v. City of Shreveport 492 F.3d 551 · cited by 402
• Marion Ray Mosley v. Officer M.D. Cozby 813 F.2d 659 · cited by 400
• United States v. Evans 587 F.3d 667 · cited by 399
• Barbara Coleman v. Houston Independent School District, Anita Ellis 113 F.3d 528 · cited by 397
• Dorsey v. Portfolio Equities, Inc. 540 F.3d 333 · cited by 397
• Efe v. Ashcroft 293 F.3d 899 · cited by 395
• Gobert v. Caldwell 463 F.3d 339 · cited by 393
• Claude E. Woods v. Larry Smith 60 F.3d 1161 · cited by 392
• Mary Faye Skotak, George Jerry Skotak, and Eric Norman Skotak, Cross-Appellees v. Tenneco Resins, Inc., Cross-Appellant 953 F.2d 909 · cited by 388
• Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,067 Tex Morris Cindy Sagrera Morris v. Covan World Wide Moving, Incorporated Coleman American Moving Services, Incorporated 144 F.3d 377 · cited by 387
• United States v. Gilbert Isgar 739 F.3d 829 · cited by 383
• United States v. Valenzuela-Quevedo 407 F.3d 728 · cited by 383
• Schiller v. Physicians Resource Group Inc. 342 F.3d 563 · cited by 378
• John W. Dussouy, Jr. v. Gulf Coast Investment Corporation 660 F.2d 594 · cited by 376
• Howery v. Allstate Ins Company 243 F.3d 912 · cited by 374
• Elizalde v. Dretke 362 F.3d 323 · cited by 373
• Manuel M. Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Association, Fred Vogel, and C.R. Paty 987 F.2d 278 · cited by 365
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc. 677 F.2d 1045 · cited by 363
• Hekmat Wadih Mikhael v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 115 F.3d 299 · cited by 361
• Thomas Pipitone, and Bonnie Pipitone v. Biomatrix, Inc., Biomatrix, Inc. 288 F.3d 239 · cited by 360
• Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co 183 F.3d 339 · cited by 360
• Adams v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 465 F.3d 156 · cited by 359
• Pack v. Yusuff 218 F.3d 448 · cited by 347
• Baker v. Putnal 75 F.3d 190 · cited by 345
• Travis RIPLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee 67 F.3d 552 · cited by 344
• Barbara Allen v. R & H Oil & Gas Company, Farrar Oilfield Service and Equipment Co., and Tri-State Oil Services, Inc., Tri-State Oil Services, Inc. 63 F.3d 1326 · cited by 342
• United States v. Villanueva 408 F.3d 193 · cited by 340
• Patricia Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc. 836 F.2d 866 · cited by 340
• W. Horace Williams, Sr., and Viola Bloch Williams v. United States 245 F.2d 559 · cited by 338
• Randy Austin v. Kroger Texas, L.P. 864 F.3d 326 · cited by 336
• Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. 151 F.3d 402 · cited by 331
• Fayette Long Jeanell Reavis v. Eastfield College 88 F.3d 300 · cited by 330
• Edward H. Bohlin Co., Inc. v. Banning Co., Inc. 6 F.3d 350 · cited by 330
• Topalian v. Ehrman 954 F.2d 1125 · cited by 329
• Time, Inc. v. Frank Manning 366 F.2d 690 · cited by 328
• Yu Zhao v. Gonzales 404 F.3d 295 · cited by 327
• New York Life Insurance v. Brown 84 F.3d 137 · cited by 325
• Zhu Yu Chun v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 40 F.3d 76 · cited by 323
• RANDALL D. WOLCOTT, MD, PA v. Sebelius 635 F.3d 757 · cited by 321
• Bolen Webb and Cornelia Webb v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 394 F.2d 366 · cited by 320
• United States v. Phillips 664 F.2d 971 · cited by 320
• Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co. 542 F.3d 1077 · cited by 314
• Laxton v. Gap Inc. 333 F.3d 572 · cited by 313
• Don E. LEGGETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley E. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee 67 F.3d 558 · cited by 313
• Fisher v. Johnson 174 F.3d 710 · cited by 313
• Neals v. Norwood 59 F.3d 530 · cited by 311
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Simbaki, Ltd. 767 F.3d 475 · cited by 309
• Glenn Crain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 737 F.2d 1417 · cited by 308
• Berry v. Brady 192 F.3d 504 · cited by 304
• Carlos and Jacqueline Marcello v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Joseph, Jr. And Anastasia Marcello v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 380 F.2d 499 · cited by 301
• Malacara v. Garber 353 F.3d 393 · cited by 300
• Rachid v. Jack In The Box Inc 376 F.3d 305 · cited by 300
• Brunet v. United Gas Pipeline Co. 15 F.3d 500 · cited by 299
• George Thompkins, Cross-Appellee v. Bill Belt, Sheriff, Avoyelles Parish, Cross 828 F.2d 298 · cited by 299
• Johnson v. Rodriguez 110 F.3d 299 · cited by 298
• Edward M. Farguson v. Mbank Houston, N.A. 808 F.2d 358 · cited by 298
• Arthur Wayne Carson, Cross-Appellee v. Officer Polley, Cross-Appellants 689 F.2d 562 · cited by 296
• United States v. Donald James and David Anthony Butler, United States of America v. Henry Smith and Kenneth Wayne Whitmore 590 F.2d 575 · cited by 296
• Isiah Carl Green v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections 788 F.2d 1116 · cited by 296
• Manuel M. Villa v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services 895 F.2d 1019 · cited by 294
• Elbert L. BOWLING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 36 F.3d 431 · cited by 293
• Robert McGruder v. Steven W. Puckett 954 F.2d 313 · cited by 292
• Grant v. Cuellar 59 F.3d 523 · cited by 291
• Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-Appellee 417 F.2d 1122 · cited by 290
• Byers v. Dallas Morning News, Inc. 209 F.3d 419 · cited by 290
• Harris v. Hegmann 198 F.3d 153 · cited by 289
• De Aguilar v. Boeing Co. 47 F.3d 1404 · cited by 288
• Oliver v. Scott 276 F.3d 736 · cited by 287
• Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss. 74 F.3d 633 · cited by 285
• Seven Elves, Incorporated v. Jack S. Eskenazi, Esko Industries, Inc., Gary Liebman and Jack Riback 635 F.2d 396 · cited by 285
• United States v. Daugherty 264 F.3d 513 · cited by 284
• Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America 841 F.2d 1254 · cited by 284
• Peter Clayton McClendon v. City of Columbia, City of Columbia James R. Carney 305 F.3d 314 · cited by 283
• Perez v. Barnhart 415 F.3d 457 · cited by 283
• Natasha Whitley v. John Hanna 726 F.3d 631 · cited by 282
• Raymundo R. Mendoza v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice 989 F.2d 191 · cited by 281
• Tomas Menchaca and Wife, Irma Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit Corporation 613 F.2d 507 · cited by 281
• Doe v. MySpace, Inc. 528 F.3d 413 · cited by 281
• Harper v. Showers 174 F.3d 716 · cited by 281
• Alexander v. Johnson 211 F.3d 895 · cited by 277
• Wallace v. Texas Tech Univ. 80 F.3d 1042 · cited by 274
• Robert Geiserman v. John H. MacDonald A.B. & A.B. & Associates 893 F.2d 787 · cited by 274
• Jane Doe v. Taylor Independent School District, Mike Caplinger in His Official Capacities and Eddy Lankford in His Official and Individual Capacities 15 F.3d 443 · cited by 273
• Mathis v. Exxon Corporation 302 F.3d 448 · cited by 271
• Edward Donald McCullough v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections 835 F.2d 1126 · cited by 270
• LeMaire v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development 480 F.3d 383 · cited by 270
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Kellstrom 50 F.3d 319 · cited by 270
• Deville v. Marcantel 567 F.3d 156 · cited by 269
• Jennifer Gasch and Tammy Gasch, as Next Friend to Z.G., a Minor v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company and Karen Frazier 491 F.3d 278 · cited by 268
• TIG Insurance v. Sedgwick James of Washington 276 F.3d 754 · cited by 268
• Lee v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 574 F.3d 253 · cited by 266
• Elizabeth Anthony v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary Health and Human Services 954 F.2d 289 · cited by 266
• Eason v. Thaler 73 F.3d 1322 · cited by 263
• Davis v. Johnson 158 F.3d 806 · cited by 263
• Dillon v. Rogers 596 F.3d 260 · cited by 263
• Adrian Cavallini v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. 44 F.3d 256 · cited by 261
• Kernis J. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 864 F.2d 340 · cited by 261
• United States v. Whitelaw 580 F.3d 256 · cited by 260
• Wang v. Holder 569 F.3d 531 · cited by 259
• Morgan v. Swanson 659 F.3d 359 · cited by 259
• Rosenzweig v. Azurix Corp. 332 F.3d 854 · cited by 259
• Brewster v. Dretke 587 F.3d 764 · cited by 258
• United States v. Delgado-Martinez 564 F.3d 750 · cited by 257
• Shackelford v. Deloitte & Touche, LLP 190 F.3d 398 · cited by 256
• Travis v. Irby 326 F.3d 644 · cited by 256
• Plotkin v. IP Axess Inc. 407 F.3d 690 · cited by 256
• Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor 494 F.2d 211 · cited by 256
• United States v. 14.38 Acres of Land, More or Less Situated in Leflore County, Mississippi 80 F.3d 1074 · cited by 255
• Pacheco v. Mineta 448 F.3d 783 · cited by 255
• Causey v. Sewell Cadillac-Chevrolet, Inc. 394 F.3d 285 · cited by 255
• United States v. Francisco D. Pineiro, Also Known as Frank Pineiro 377 F.3d 464 · cited by 254
• St. Paul Reinsurance Company, Ltd. v. Larry Greenberg 134 F.3d 1250 · cited by 254
• United States v. Darrell Early 27 F.3d 140 · cited by 254
• Lopez v. Aransas County Independent School District 570 F.2d 541 · cited by 252
• Moore v. McDonald 30 F.3d 616 · cited by 251
• Johnny Dickerson v. State of Louisiana 816 F.2d 220 · cited by 251
• Lane v. Halliburton 529 F.3d 548 · cited by 251
• Hernandez v. Yellow Transp., Inc. 670 F.3d 644 · cited by 251
• Spivey v. Robertson 197 F.3d 772 · cited by 251
• Tolliver v. Dobre 211 F.3d 876 · cited by 251