When is a settlement agreement not a settlement agreement? When it involves a foreclosure, a bank and the Fifth Circuit.
Judge Gilstrap has taken on 138 cases since 2011 involving companies in which he had a financial interest, more than any other...
Thus far, the pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, with a total death count of half a million predicted for...
A clerk of a federal court performing routine duties such as entering and order and notifying parties does not enjoy an absolute...
Although the 2006 lien was invalid under the Texas Constitution, Wells Fargo preserved its lien rights through equitable subrogation.
Judge Higginson (9) leads, followed closely by Judges Stewart (8) Southwick (7) Smith, King, Jolly and Costa (6) on foreclosure appeal panels
One cannot allow one federal court in the State of Texas to allow pro se to file electronically and another deny all...
The “good cause” requisite to recall the mandate is the showing of need to avoid injustice.
Where fraud is found, the party that used fraud should be deprived of the benefit of the judgment and any inequitable advantage...
Cassandra Harrison appeals two cases consolidated by S.D. Texas, Houston, to Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. IFP granted.
The discovery protocols are biased in favor of the bank or non-bank and the gag order is in violation of the first...
Justice Barrett is originally from Louisiana and while sitting on the Seventh Circuit was keen to cite to published 5th Cir. Precedent...
In this foreclosure appeal, the court sua sponte includes arguments of res judicata not brought up at the lower court and returns...
LIT has witnessed a decade of foreclosures. The motto on the highest court's building - Equal Justice for All - has become...
Obviously, the clerk in charge of this opinion wasn't very good at arithmetic at school and left it undisturbed from the lower...
ABOVE THE LAW: Private citizens who are brutalized by rogue federal officers (OF THE COURTS) can find little solace ... DUE TO...
Chase’s 2013 proposed repayment plan and its 2014 request for less than the full amount owed is an intent to abandon its...
When Tommy Bastian is included as a party by a homeowner, the judges rally around like the US Marshals to protect their...