Laws In Texas

Appellate Judges Rule for Houston Fire as they Extinguish City Claims

The City argued that the remedial provision in section 174.252 of the Texas Local Govt Code is unconstitutional. That flame was extinguished.

Senior Slap Down: Judge Lynn Hughes Bias Demands Reassignment Says Sr. Judge Grady Jolly

Because the sentencing judge seems immovable from his views of the sentence he imposed, and because the judge displayed bias against the...

Why The Feds Want You Mobile and In Your Car

Feds Spying Tricks. A vehicle forensics kit can reveal where you’ve driven, what doors you opened and who your friends are.

Freedom on Information Easier to Get from D.C. Judge than Unsealed Documents in Texas Federal Court

The courts are closed in Texas if you are a citizen who is looking for unsealed documents not uploaded to PACER in...

Price Doesn’t Meet the High Standards Needed for a Pro Se Coming Before the Court, Sayeth the Fifth Circuit

What’s interesting here is Stanley Price complained about lower court Judge Vance, who was succeeded, albeit temporarily, by Judge Engelhardt who sat...

Hank Greenberg of GT Law and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s Friendship Influences Foreclosure Cases

Greenberg, a former State Bar Association president, is counsel to the state’s Commission on Judicial Nomination, which screens Court of Appeals finalists....

$9 Billion in Toxic Loans and Counting

RFC reached settlements totaling approximately $9 billion, with the RMBS Trusts and several of the Monoline Insurers re packaged Toxic Loans.

Texas AG Ken Paxton Can Be a Named Responsible Third Party in Lawsuit

Fifth Circuit Dallas directs the trial court to enter an order granting relators motion to designate Ken Paxton as a responsible third...

Tangled Incentives in AG Ken Paxton State Lawsuit Concerns Justice Craig Smith

Failure to follow rule 76a jeopardizes the concepts of open courts and public access, wastes valuable judicial resources, and lets parties hide...

It’s Time to End the Carte Blanche Sealing of Court Documents. Judge Dominic Lanza Agrees.

The public has a general right to inspect judicial records and documents. Those wishing to seal judicial records must overcome that obstacle.

Dallas-Based Mortgage Servicer Withdraws Wads of Cash In Unauthorized Payments from Unsuspecting Homeowners Bank Accounts

Mr. Cooper announced that due to a payment processing issue, unauthorized mortgage payments were taken from 14,000 plus borrowers’ accounts.

Federal Court Civil Causes of Action

This complete Cause of Action codes table is issued by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Say A Prayer for Rev. Wesley Wilson. He Was Hopin’ For a Miracle.

PHH Ocwen Celebrate Kickin’ CFPB to the Curb With Gallon-Sized Texas Purchase

Ocwen PHH purchase the mortgage servicing rights of one of the largest warehouse lenders in the nation, Texas Capital Bank.

Pro Se Filers Face Capricious Clerks and Ambiguous Local Rules At the Federal Fifth Circuit

Pro se’s are being held to a higher standard than the laws and rules require and/or not being applied in a consistent...

Rosalie Conner, 90 Years Young Pro Se v. PHH Mortgage Corp., S.D. Tex., before Snr Judge Hoyt

What you can truly classify as an aged debtor, foreclosure mills and their client(s) including Deutsche Bank have no humanity.

An Autocratic Judge and a Polarized Lawyer End this Abused Homeowner’s Case for Warranted Relief

Ocwen changed the locks on this homeowner in a time of disaster in Houston (Hurricane Harvey) and also there's the big issue...

Jackson v PHH Mortgage, S.D. Tex., Snr Judge Hoyt

PHH et al have not provided Jackson any written notice of default and opportunity to cure notice, nor informed the Jackson's of...