Laws In Texas

Happy With Her Mortgage, Dana Dill Still Sued and Is Met With the Doctrine of Equitable Estoppel

LIT is not aware as to why Dana Dill would sue. Certainly, the testimony of Dill disposes of the question of damages,...

Illinois Versus Texas: The Single-Refiling Rule Limit Versus Allowing Banks Unlimited De-Accelerations

In U.S. Bank v Morris, the Judge's Report details at least 5 times when the Bank non-suited the foreclosure civil action, violating...

Judge Jim Ho and His Ramblin’, Self-Servin’ Motion Order Related to Amici and Three Retired Federal Judges

If an amicus brief turns out to be unhelpful, the merits panel, after studying the case, will then simply disregard the amicus...

BP, API and a Manifest Appearance of Bias. Judge Al Bennett Fails to Self-Recuse, Again.

Meet Tanyel Harrison-Bennett, Labor, Employment, and Litigation Counsel at BP and wife of US District Judge Alfred H. Bennett, SDTX, Houston.

Lawyer Ethics Violation[s]: Former Law Clerk Disqualified from a Graveyard Case

Code of Conduct for Law Clerks are legally authoritative and binding on law clerks even after they leave judges’ employment.

Access to Courts and Records; Even Years After the Civil Action has Ended via Permissive Intervention

Open Courts: "The legitimacy and integrity of a court’s action depend on the public’s ability to scrutinize the basis for that action."

US Bank Referred to as a ‘Party In Interest’ by 5th Cir., But the Whole Lawsuit Is About a Non Party, the Mortgage Servicer

The Fifth Circuit Should Have Dismissed for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction as Rushmore is not a Party to the Lawsuit in the...

17 Lawyers Disciplined by the Texas Bar in October 2021, Nearly Half of Those ‘Privately’

LIT Questions how Texas can claim to have access to justice and transparency when lawyers are privately sanctioned for ethics violations.

Goodwin Law and PHH Ocwen are Writing Fiction in Their Selective Brief, Again

Goodwin have avoided all the main arguments raised by the pro se Burkes because they have no legal answer, so instead they...

Former Magistrate, Now Texas Federal Judge Albright Ain’t the Apple of their Eyes At the Federal Circuit

Albright Slap Down: "Austin remains the more convenient forum...the district court’s decision amounts to a clear abuse of discretion.

Judge Bennett is Front Page News on LIT. Here, He’s Assigned a Backpage Sex Trafficking Case via Salesforce CRM

Backpage was the largest sex trafficking website in the world. The key to Backpage’s dominance of the sex trafficking market was Salesforce.

Oh Look, A Free and Clear Home for the Hare’s care of MERS Inc.

DMI received the payoff funds for the Second Loan and instructed MERS to record a release of the Deed of Trust for...

LIT’s Foreclosure Tracker is Now Following ‘Michael’ Before Judge Biery in W.D. Texas

San Antonio United States Federal Judge Biery Jr is Best Known for Threats to Make Feuding Lawyers Kiss in Front of the...

Amerifirst Financial Accused of Mortgage Underwriting Incompetence by Texas Homebuyer

LIT’s Foreclosure Tracker is Now Following ‘Mario and Claudia’ Before Judge Brown in S.D. Tex., Galveston

Rios v Specialized Loan Servicing LLC before Judge Jeff Brown, S.D. Tex. McClure for Rios and Galloway Law Foreclosure Mill for SLS.

LIT’s Foreclosure Tracker is Now Following ‘Byron’ Before Judge Ellison in S.D. Tex., Houston Div’n

Byron v PHH Mortgage Corporation randomly assigned to Judge Keith Ellison. DeLaRue for Byron and Locke Lord for PHH Mortgage.

Pro Se Wayne Smith v. Judge David Hittner and MTGLQ Investors before Judge Eskridge

ORDER for Scheduling Conference. Initial Conference set for 12/17/2021 at 09:45 AM by video before Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon.

Fifth Circuit: Why is Herbert’s Foreclosure Settlement Agreement Missing from Federal Court Docket Exhibits?

When is a settlement agreement not a settlement agreement? When it involves a foreclosure, a bank and the Fifth Circuit.