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Disability benefits: denial   08-1172 Steven T. Owen, Appellant, v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee Appeal From: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Submitted: Sept. 24, 2008 Filed: Dec. 29, 2008 Before: Judges Wollman, ...

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Testimony; Fifth Amendment   07-3760 United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cheryl Moten, Defendant-Appellant Appeal From: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Submitted: June 10, 2008 Filed: Dec. 24, 2008 Before: Judges Loken, Ebel and Colloton Opinion ...

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Sentencing; violent felony definition   07-1788 United States of America, Appellee, v. Mark B. Davidson, Appellant Appeal From: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Submitted: Dec. 12, 2007 Filed: Dec. 30, 2008 Before: Judges Riley, Colloton and ...

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Where investors failed to present sufficient evidence that an undisclosed waiver in a Common Stock Purchase Agreement was the proximate cause of their investment losses, the district court did not err in holding that the statute of limitations barred the ...

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Where plaintiffs who brought a securities fraud class action against Centene Corporation and several officers failed to show that the defendants had misrepresented a material fact or acted with scienter, the district court properly dismissed the action under the elevated ...

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