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  1. United States v. Flores
    United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011)cited by 9,753
  2. Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association
    Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415 (5th Cir. 1996)cited by 9,418
  3. Little v. Liquid Air Corp.
    Little v. Liquid Air Corp., 37 F.3d 1069 (5th Cir. 1994)cited by 5,525
  4. Howard v. King
    Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215 (5th Cir. 1983)cited by 3,871
  5. United States of America and Robert W. Wallace v. Claude R. Wilson, Jr., and Modes, Inc.
    United States & Robert W. Wallace v. Claude R. Wilson, Jr., Modes, Inc., 864 F.2d 1219 (5th Cir. 1989)cited by 3,545
  6. Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division
    Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222 (5th Cir. 1993)cited by 3,510
  7. Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
    Johnson v. Ga. Highway Express, Inc., 488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir. 1974)cited by 3,378
  8. Robert L. Baugh v. Joe Max Taylor Eric Nevelow Perry Evans
    Baugh v. Joe Max Taylor Eric Nevelow Perry Evans, 117 F.3d 197 (5th Cir. 1997)cited by 2,559
  9. United States v. Dabeit
    United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979 (5th Cir. 2000)cited by 2,511
  10. In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation
    In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litig., 495 F.3d 191 (5th Cir. 2007)cited by 2,501
  11. National Labor Relations Board v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Local 990
    Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Am., Afl-Cio, Local 990, 430 F.2d 966 (5th Cir. 1970)cited by 2,432
  12. Adepegba v. Hammons
    Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383 (5th Cir. 1996)cited by 2,270
  13. Ennis Nettles v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida
    Ennis Nettles v. Wainwright, 677 F.2d 404 (5th Cir. 1982)cited by 2,201
  14. Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner
    Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744 (5th Cir. 1987)cited by 2,196
  15. The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman
    The Boeing Co. v. Shipman, 411 F.2d 365 (5th Cir. 1969)cited by 2,111
  16. Bobby Battle v. U.S. Parole Commission
    Battle v. U.S. Parole Comm'n, 834 F.2d 419 (5th Cir. 1987)cited by 2,092
  17. Lawrence H. Ramming v. United States of America, John Thomas Cloud v. United States
    Lawrence H. Ramming v. United States of Am., John Thomas Cloud v. United States, 281 F.3d 158 (5th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,041
  18. United States v. Mares
    United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511 (5th Cir. 2005)cited by 1,887
  19. Collins v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
    Collins v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, 224 F.3d 496 (5th Cir. 2000)cited by 1,867
  20. In re Volkswagen of America, Inc.
    In re Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 545 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 1,860
  21. John D. Williamson -Cross v. Gordon G. Tucker -Cross
    John D. Williamson -Cross v. Gordon G. Tucker -Cross, 645 F.2d 404 (5th Cir. 1981)cited by 1,591
  22. Marian Fontenot, Etc. v. The Upjohn Company
    Fontenot v. The Upjohn Co., 780 F.2d 1190 (5th Cir. 1986)cited by 1,476
  23. Lone Star Fund v (U.S.), L.P. v. Barclays Bank PLC
    Lone Star Fund v (U.S.), L.P. v. Barclays Bank PLC, 594 F.3d 383 (5th Cir. 2010)cited by 1,469
  24. In re Volkswagen Ag Volkswagen of America, Inc.
    In re Volkswagen Ag Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 371 F.3d 201 (5th Cir. 2004)cited by 1,465
  25. United States v. Mondragon-Santiago
    United States v. Mondragon-Santiago, 564 F.3d 357 (5th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,446
  26. Piotrowski v. City of Houston
    Piotrowski v. City of Houston, 237 F.3d 567 (5th Cir. 2001)cited by 1,379
  27. Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance
    Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Nationwide Agribusiness Ins., 530 F.3d 395 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 1,356
  28. Forsyth v. Barr
    Forsyth v. Barr, 19 F.3d 1527 (5th Cir. 1994)cited by 1,344
  29. International Shortstop, Inc., and Sam Talkington v. Rally's, Inc.
    Int'l Shortstop, Inc. v. Rally's, Inc., 939 F.2d 1257 (5th Cir. 1991)cited by 1,334
  30. Turner v. Baylor Richardson Medical Center
    Turner v. Baylor Richardson Med. Ctr., 476 F.3d 337 (5th Cir. 2007)cited by 1,309
  31. Ragas v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
    Ragas v. Tenn. Gas Pipeline Co., 136 F.3d 455 (5th Cir. 1998)cited by 1,292
  32. Templet v. Hydrochem Inc.
    Templet v. Hydrochem Inc., 367 F.3d 473 (5th Cir. 2004)cited by 1,290
  33. Manguno v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance
    Manguno v. Prudential Prop. & Cas. Ins., 276 F.3d 720 (5th Cir. 2002)cited by 1,247
  34. Great Plains Trust Co. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
    Great Plains Trust Co. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., 313 F.3d 305 (5th Cir. 2002)cited by 1,232
  35. Lormand v. US Unwired, Inc.
    Lormand v. US Unwired, Inc., 565 F.3d 228 (5th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,218
  36. United States v. Oscar Garza-Lopez
    United States v. Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. 2005)cited by 1,196
  37. Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Inc. v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit
    Martin K. Eby Constr. Co. v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 369 F.3d 464 (5th Cir. 2004)cited by 1,175
  38. Miller v. Johnson
    Miller v. Johnson, 200 F.3d 274 (5th Cir. 2000)cited by 1,155
  39. United States v. Cisneros-Gutierrez
    United States v. Cisneros-Gutierrez, 517 F.3d 751 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 1,150
  40. Home Builders Ass'n of Mississippi, Inc. v. City of Madison
    Home Builders Ass'n of Miss. v. City of Madison, 143 F.3d 1006 (5th Cir. 1998)cited by 1,136
  41. United States v. Orange Jell Beechum
    United States v. Beechum, 582 F.2d 898 (5th Cir. 1978)cited by 1,073
  42. Dino Cinel v. Harry F. Connick, Individually and as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
    Dino Cinel v. Connick, 15 F.3d 1338 (5th Cir. 1994)cited by 1,025
  43. Time, Inc. v. Frank Manning
    Time, Inc. v. Manning, 366 F.2d 690 (5th Cir. 1966)cited by 1,022
  44. James Stephen Jones v. M.L. Greninger, M.L. Greninger Yolanda Cornelius Ralph Figueroa
    Jones v. M.L. Greninger, M.L. Greninger Yolanda Cornelius Ralph Figueroa, 188 F.3d 322 (5th Cir. 1999)cited by 1,010
  45. United States v. Gilbert Isgar
    United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829 (5th Cir. 2014)cited by 1,010
  46. Celia SANCHEZ v. STANDARD BRANDS, INC.
    Sanchez v. Standard Brands, Inc., 431 F.2d 455 (5th Cir. 1970)cited by 1,006
  47. Neals v. Norwood
    Neals v. Norwood, 59 F.3d 530 (5th Cir. 1995)cited by 1,001
  48. Acuna v. Brown & Root Inc.
    Acuna v. Brown & Root Inc., 200 F.3d 335 (5th Cir. 2000)cited by 977
  49. Boudreaux v. Swift Transportation Co.
    Boudreaux v. Swift Transp. Co., 402 F.3d 536 (5th Cir. 2005)cited by 969
  50. Taylor v. Books a Million, Inc.
    Taylor v. Books a Million, Inc., 296 F.3d 376 (5th Cir. 2002)cited by 968
  51. Kelli Smallwood v. Illinois Central Railroad Company Mississippi Department of Transportation
    Kelli Smallwood v. Ill. Cent. R.R. Co. Miss. Dep't of Transp., 385 F.3d 568 (5th Cir. 2004)cited by 964
  52. Brunet v. United Gas Pipeline Co.
    Brunet v. United Gas Pipeline Co., 15 F.3d 500 (5th Cir. 1994)cited by 962
  53. Geiger v. Jowers
    Geiger v. Jowers, 404 F.3d 371 (5th Cir. 2005)cited by 945
  54. Cuvillier v. Taylor
    Cuvillier v. Taylor, 503 F.3d 397 (5th Cir. 2007)cited by 939
  55. United States v. Cooks
    United States v. Cooks, 589 F.3d 173 (5th Cir. 2009)cited by 931
  56. Mary Faye Skotak, George Jerry Skotak, and Eric Norman Skotak v. Tenneco Resins, Inc.
    Skotak v. Tenneco Resins, Inc., 953 F.2d 909 (5th Cir. 1992)cited by 910
  57. Moore v. Ashland Chemical Inc.
    Moore v. Ashland Chem. Inc., 151 F.3d 269 (5th Cir. 1998)cited by 904
  58. Newton v. Apfel
    Newton v. Apfel, 209 F.3d 448 (5th Cir. 2000)cited by 902
  59. Howery v. Allstate Ins Company
    Howery v. Allstate Ins Co., 243 F.3d 912 (5th Cir. 2001)cited by 896
  60. Jose Evaristo Reyes-Requena v. United States
    Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893 (5th Cir. 2001)cited by 895
  61. Genus D. Ulmer v. George Chancellor, Sheriff, and Jones County Board of Supervisors
    Ulmer v. George Chancellor,, & Jones Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 691 F.2d 209 (5th Cir. 1982)cited by 878
  62. Domino v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
    Domino v. Tex. Dep't of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752 (5th Cir. 2001)cited by 867
  63. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
    Kaiser Aluminum & Chem. Sales, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc., 677 F.2d 1045 (5th Cir. 1982)cited by 865
  64. S&w Enterprises, L.L.C., a Nevada Limited Liability Company v. Southtrust Bank of Alabama, Na, an Alabama Banking Corporation
    S&w Enters. v. Southtrust Bank of Ala., Na, an Ala. Banking Corp., 315 F.3d 533 (5th Cir. 2003)cited by 863
  65. Schiller v. Physicians Resource Group Inc.
    Schiller v. Physicians Res. Group Inc., 342 F.3d 563 (5th Cir. 2003)cited by 857
  66. Moises Galindo v. Precision American Corp., Georgia Pacific Corporation
    Moises Galindo v. Precision Am. Corp., 754 F.2d 1212 (5th Cir. 1985)cited by 856
  67. United States v. Smith
    United States v. Smith, 440 F.3d 704 (5th Cir. 2006)cited by 850
  68. Frank J. Hradesky v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
    Hradesky v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 540 F.2d 821 (5th Cir. 1976)cited by 848
  69. McCoy v. City of Shreveport
    McCoy v. City of Shreveport, 492 F.3d 551 (5th Cir. 2007)cited by 844
  70. Guillory v. PPG Industries, Inc.
    Guillory v. PPG Indus., 434 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2005)cited by 838
  71. Dorsey v. Portfolio Equities, Inc.
    Dorsey v. Portfolio Equities, Inc., 540 F.3d 333 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 837
  72. United States v. Pineda-Arrellano
    United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624 (5th Cir. 2007)cited by 831
  73. Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
    Spears v. O.L. McCotter Dir., Tex. Dep't of Corr., 766 F.2d 179 (5th Cir. 1985)cited by 825
  74. Baker v. Putnal
    Baker v. Putnal, 75 F.3d 190 (5th Cir. 1996)cited by 816
  75. Susan Waltman v. International Paper Co.
    Waltman v. Int'l Paper Co., 875 F.2d 468 (5th Cir. 1989)cited by 815
  76. Malacara v. Garber
    Malacara v. Garber, 353 F.3d 393 (5th Cir. 2003)cited by 811
  77. United States v. Alonzo
    United States v. Alonzo, 435 F.3d 551 (5th Cir. 2006)cited by 809
  78. Gobert v. Caldwell
    Gobert v. Caldwell, 463 F.3d 339 (5th Cir. 2006)cited by 801
  79. Patricia GREENSPAN v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Greenspan v. Shalala, 38 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 1994)cited by 798
  80. Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco Company
    Castano v. The Am. Tobacco Co., 84 F.3d 734 (5th Cir. 1996)cited by 798
  81. United States v. Peltier
    United States v. Peltier, 505 F.3d 389 (5th Cir. 2007)cited by 792
  82. Manuel M. Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Association, Fred Vogel, and C.R. Paty
    Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n, Fred Vogel, & C.R. Paty, 987 F.2d 278 (5th Cir. 1993)cited by 764
  83. Topalian v. Ehrman
    Topalian v. Ehrman, 954 F.2d 1125 (5th Cir. 1992)cited by 753
  84. John W. Dussouy, Jr. v. Gulf Coast Investment Corporation
    Dussouy v. Gulf Coast Inv. Corp., 660 F.2d 594 (5th Cir. 1981)cited by 752
  85. Brumfield v. Hollins
    Brumfield v. Hollins, 551 F.3d 322 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 745
  86. 17 Collier bankr.cas.2d 743, Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,955 in the Matter of James P. Wood, M.D. And Carol B. Wood, Debtors. Dr. Arthur E. Wood, III v. Dr. James P. Wood, Carol Wood, Woodrow Barham & Wayne Clinic, P.A.
    17 Collier bankr.cas.2d 743, Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,955 in the Matter of James P. Wood, M.D. & Carol B. Wood, Debtors. Dr. Arthur E. Wood, III v. Wood, 825 F.2d 90 (5th Cir. 1987)cited by 743
  87. United States v. Duarte
    United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528 (5th Cir. 2009)cited by 741
  88. United States v. Campos-Maldonado
    United States v. Campos-Maldonado, 531 F.3d 337 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 735
  89. United States v. Nelson Bell
    United States v. Bell, 678 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1982)cited by 733
  90. Tubacex, Inc. v. M/V Risan
    Tubacex, Inc. v. M/V Risan, 45 F.3d 951 (5th Cir. 1995)cited by 730
  91. Lopez v. Aransas County Independent School District
    Lopez v. Aransas Cnty. Indep. Sch. Dist., 570 F.2d 541 (5th Cir. 1978)cited by 728
  92. Soadjede v. Ashcroft
    Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830 (5th Cir. 2003)cited by 727
  93. Thomas Pipitone, and Bonnie Pipitone v. Biomatrix, Inc., Biomatrix, Inc.
    Pipitone v. Biomatrix, Inc., 288 F.3d 239 (5th Cir. 2002)cited by 703
  94. 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.
    Allen v. R & H Oil & Gas Co., 63 F.3d 1326 (5th Cir. 1995)cited by 701
  95. Brewster v. Dretke
    Brewster v. Dretke, 587 F.3d 764 (5th Cir. 2009)cited by 697
  96. Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,067 Tex Morris Cindy Sagrera Morris v. Covan World Wide Moving, Incorporated Coleman American Moving Services, Incorporated
    Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,067 Tex Morris Cindy Sagrera Morris v. Covan World Wide Moving, Inc. Coleman Am. Moving Servs., Inc., 144 F.3d 377 (5th Cir. 1998)cited by 695
  97. Robert McGruder v. Steven W. Puckett
    McGruder v. Puckett, 954 F.2d 313 (5th Cir. 1992)cited by 688
  98. Fayette Long Jeanell Reavis v. Eastfield College
    Fayette Long Jeanell Reavis v. Eastfield Coll., 88 F.3d 300 (5th Cir. 1996)cited by 684
  99. United States v. Gomez-Herrera
    United States v. Gomez-Herrera, 523 F.3d 554 (5th Cir. 2008)cited by 673
  100. United States v. Calverley
    United States v. Calverley, 37 F.3d 160 (5th Cir. 1994)cited by 661

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