Seventh Circuit
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4.7KOutlaws In Robes
2021 Most Wanted. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate Circuit Judges.
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3.1KWhat is A Civil Rights Violation Under the Color of Law?
Color of law refers to an appearance of legal power to act that may operate in violation of law. Color of law may include public officials and...
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2.2KNo Glossin’ Required on a Void Order Sayeth The Constitution. Fraud By The Court Commands Reversal.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that federal courts possess the inherent power to vacate their own judgments upon proof that a...
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4.5K1As Aileen Cannon Replaces Lyin’ Florida Judge Kenneth Marra, Sen. Feinstein Calls For End of Judicial Confirmations
The process of selecting judges is archaic and the legislation needs to change so the people elect qualified and honest judges to...
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1.7KA Nationwide Investigation into Judges Behavin’ Badly Ends Up With It’s Spotlights Firmly on Texas and the Federalist Fifth Circuit
A system that relies for investigation solely upon judges themselves risks a kind of undue 'guild favoritism' through inappropriate sympathy with the...
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4.9K3Goodwin Law’s Hall of Shame
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4.5K1It’s Still Cookin’ in the County Hot Potato Case. A Letter is Issued to the Chief Judge Smashing the Sanctions Order
Magistrate Judge Harjani did not take into account the Hot Potato Doctrine which does not protect the Goodwin Procter lawyers violations.
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3.8KThe Law of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) Explained
The US Supreme Court has previously held that a plaintiff suffers an injury in fact when the plaintiff fails to obtain information...
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3.7KWho is Theodore ‘Ted’ Frank?
Theodore H. Frank is director at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and the Center for Class Action Fairness. He's known as Ted...
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2.1KEvery Tom, Dick and Harry Wants to Seal Records, But That’s Not How the Courts’ Work. Well, Theoretically
Secrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. But those documents, usually a small subset of...
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2.9KWhy Civil and Criminal Contempt in Federal Courts Is Rarely Invoked
Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...
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4.3KEditors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?
Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...
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2.5KABA President Attacks Democracy and Passes House Bill in Favor of Letting Big 4 Accountants act as Lawyers. Think Enron Folks.
The 3 branches of government certainly don't like citizens voicing their opinions and now the ABA President has decided to join the...
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2.3KThe Houston Chronicle Reported in 2009 that Secrecy is Protecting Judges Behavin’ Badly. LIT Asks Y’all – What’s Changed in 2020?
Only seven judges in the last decade have faced formal disciplinary action as a result of the nation's secretive misconduct review process....
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2.8KA Monet[te], A Missing Marla and an Appeal for Common Sense. Why Marla Just Cost Ocwen Over Half a Million Dollars
In this 7th Circuit Appeal, a homeowner effectively wins a free and clear home. That is a great result for this homeowner...
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2.1KThe Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Leads the Charge by Overruling Its Own Precedent
Stare decisis cannot justify adherence to an approach that Supreme Court precedent forecloses. Accordingly, we overrule Amy Travel. The decision by the...
