Judge Stephen A. Higginson

600 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Appeals court reverses summary judgment denial, backs mental patient's doctors at state facility

By Mary Ann Magnell | Tuesday, Aug 28, 2018 @ 12:58pm

BATON ROUGE — A federal appeals court reversed a denial of summary judgment Aug. 16 in a case involving a patient at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS) and rendered judgment in favor of the patient’s doctors.
Teen's excessive-force claim against Opelousas, officer sent back to district court

By Karen Kidd | Monday, Apr 16, 2018 @ 1:11pm

NEW ORLEANS — A teenager's excessive-force claim against the city of Opelousas and one of its police officers is headed back to district court after an appeals court vacated parts of a summary judgment in the case over the teen's arrest in 2015.
Appeals court declines to revive 11-year-old civil rights case against St. Tammany Sheriff's Office

By Karen Kidd | Thursday, Mar 29, 2018 @ 5:08pm

A federal appeals court recently declined to revive an 11-year-old civil rights lawsuit of a longtime fugitive who claimed he'd been beaten while handcuffed by St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies during a traffic stop in 2006.
Fifth Circuit says plaintiffs' claims barred in suit linking Katrina to global warming

By Elizabeth Young | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @ 4:35pm

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued its final ruling in a global warming suit that for numerous years has sought to connect Hurricane Katrina to global warming.