#fifth-circuit

• Spurlin v. General Motors Corp. · History strong
  Spurlin v. General Motors Corp., 528 F.2d 612 (5th Cir. 1976), arose from a 1968 school-bus brake failure in Morgan County, Alabama. The Fifth Circuit reinstated a jury verdict for the plaintiffs, and the case is taught as an example of the standard for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
• United States v. Spurlin (2011) · History strong
  United States v. Spurlin, 664 F.3d 954 (5th Cir. 2011), is a Fifth Circuit bankruptcy-crimes decision. It held that a general power of attorney can be used to file a bankruptcy petition for someone else, reversed one false-oath conviction for insufficient evidence, and affirmed convictions for concealing estate assets and for bankruptcy fraud.