Appellate Judges
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2.4KJPMorgan Chase Are Winning in Federal Courts this Year After Trump asked for a Thank You
The Eleventh Circuit Panel wordsmiths its Opinion in order to prevent a class action against JPMorgan Chase. Remember, Trump just called out...
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2.6KTax Fraud for a Permanent Resident Means Ejection from the USA after Serving His Time
In 2009 this Permanent Resident from Zimbabwe was was convicted of conspiracy and six counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation...
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3.3KTaxing Times for this IRS Dodging Texas Lawyer David H. Melasky and his Spouse
The Melasky’s were not willing taxpayers. The fact that they were chronically delinquent and that Mrs. Melasky refused to make distributions from...
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2.7KBranching Out on Her Own, this Eleventh Circuit Judge Dissents in Civil Rights Case
A federal appeals judge nominated by President Donald Trump and a member of the Federalist Society had a sharp dissent this week...
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3.0KFlorida State Appellate Court Dismisses Homeowners’ Request to Remove a Biased Judge
The trial court cannot insert its own views regarding the facts or the motivations of the parties but must review the motion...
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3.4K1Austin Lawyer Deemed to be a Vexatious Litigant in Court fined $43,000 in Sanctions
“Why does the government have to go after the citizen? There’s something terribly wrong with that,” Connor said. “This is the entire...
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3.4KMorgan Stanley Marshes on in the Swamp Called the Fifth Circuit
MERS, as nominee for Realty Mortgage Corporation, assigned the Deed of Trust to US Bank, as trustee for Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan...
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2.0K1Chief Justice Nathan Hecht’s 2019 Address to the Texas Legislature About the State of the Judiciary
Hecht: The framers of the Constitution mistrusted the power of government, so they divided it among three Branches, intending them to be...
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2.4KKirkland’s Paul Clement Submits His Amicus Brief and Argues CFPB is Constitutional
A leading conservative U.S. Supreme Court advocate on Wednesday urged the justices to uphold the single-director independent design of the Consumer Financial...
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2.4KReal Estate Valuations and Rental Rates Have Soared Since the Financial Recession, So Why Hasn’t Judge Higginbotham’s Properties Enjoyed the Same Growth?
Property rental incomes and valuations have remained noticeably static on Judge Patrick Higginbothams' Financial Disclosures for the past 13+ years despite the...
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2.8KTrump’s Judicial Nominee Didn’t Know Any Answers to Basic Questions. He’s Not Alone.
Matt Petersen is a former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) with two decades of high-level legal experience in political and...
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2.5KCFPB’s Consent Order Confirms the Premeditated Plan to Unlawfully Evict Millions of Homeowners In America By the Bankers and Government for Financial Greed
By 2011, Flagstar Bank FSB had 13,000 active loss mitigation applications versus 25 full-time employees in the loss mitigation department and a...
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3.7KWhen You Burn Out Your Judicial Friendships. The Disgraced Former Abilene Personal Injury Attorney Burt “Maserati” Burnett
At the time of Lawyer Burt Lett Burnett’s resignation, there were eight pending matters against him alleging Burnett neglected cases. He was...
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2.7K1A Legal Malpractice Award in Texas? Will it Stick? Heck No. And it’s a “Dredgeful” Opinion by the States Highest Court
Unfortunately, in this case, the client unwittingly relied upon bad professional legal advice, which is apparently not a good argument for a...
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3.4K1Lobbyist Celebrity Billionaire John Paul DeJoria and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott; A Closer Look at these BFFs
DeJoria has donated $72,405 to Gov. Greg Abbott since 2012 and now armed with the amended Texas statute, these BFFs' were eventually able to...
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2.1KThe Fifth Circuit Keep Paying it Forward to OCWEN as We Close Out 2019
Maintaining the 11 year run as we close out 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has gifted OCWEN Loan...
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1.9KHow President Donald Trump’s Hired the Federalist Society to Change the US Federal Courts Makeup Quickly and Dramatically
In less than three years as president, President Trump has done nearly as much to shape the courts as President Obama did...
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3.2KLIT Brightens the Lights to Review Judge Catharina Haynes of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Judge Catharina Jacoba Hendrika Dubbelday* Haynes is one such judge. She is loud, abrasive, and shows many of the traits of her...
