Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, September 3, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:23 David Chen
3. 0:25 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:11 David Chen
5. 2:15 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:31 David Chen
7. 4:35 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:34 David Chen
9. 5:37 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:06 David Chen
11. 7:09 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:23 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, September third, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering forty-seven federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. In this block of sixteen substantive cases, the courts affirmed eight decisions, dismissed four appeals, denied two motions, and reversed or vacated three judgments with remands or new trials required, including one split outcome where convictions were affirmed for some defendants but a third was sent back for retrial. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed an eighty-four-month sentence for…

Thanks, James. Now for civil rights and employment matters, Aisha has the details.

Thanks, David. I have nine cases from today’s docket covering civil rights, employment discrimination, and housing issues. The disposition rollup shows seven affirmed, one vacated and remanded, and one split outcome where a lower court judgment was overturned on procedural grounds. Leading the coverage is a Fifth Circuit decision that vacated and remanded for a new trial in a public nuisance case against the City of…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for constitutional law and habeas corpus with Michael.

Thanks, David. Four cases on the docket today: one vacatur and remand, two affirmances, and one denial of a certificate of appealability. Moving to the Eleventh Circuit, the court vacated the dismissal with prejudice in Daker versus Dozier and remanded for dismissal without prejudice because the defendants had not been served when the lower court dismissed the case with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil…

Thanks, Michael. Now let’s turn to Maria covering business and civil law.

Thanks, David. Today we have eight cases in this block: three affirmed, one reversed, one vacated and remanded, one split disposition, and two decisions with mixed outcomes. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of the Lambou case for failure to preserve a RICO claim on appeal. However, it vacated and remanded the dispute involving sea food companies against the Commerce Department, instructing…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Nine cases on the docket today across immigration, benefits, and administrative law. Four were affirmed, one denied, one split with partial affirmation and remand, and three vacated or reversed with remand. Starting with movements that changed the lower court or agency outcome: in the Eighth Circuit, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s retaliation order against BNSF Railway Company was…

That wraps up today’s broadcast of Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, September third, two thousand twenty-six. We want to thank our reporters who covered the day’s docket: James Taylor with sixteen cases, Aisha Johnson with ten, Michael Reeves with four, Maria Santos with eight, and Raj Patel with nine. The biggest headline from today is that single reversal or remand among a docket of thirty affirmances, seven…

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