"Arguments will be heard by a three-judge panel [in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, July 31].... The industry plaintiffs are consolidated from three lawsuits that were filed last summer in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. While the plaintiffs lost the federal court decisions, the Dallas court was chosen specifically because appeals would go to the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit is generally considered the most conservative in the country, with decisions that frequently define the government's role narrowly."  MORE >>