Supreme Court of Texas
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2.2K1Fifth Circuit Maintains Isolated Position Relative to Attorney Immunity Doctrine
The Fifth Circuit declined to broaden the exceptions to the Texas rule of attorney immunity with respect to liability to non-clients in...
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2.0KA Decade Later, An IndyMac Clone is Funded in Austin – 360 Mortgage Group – As Round II of Foreclosures Are Targeted
This lender plans to underwrite $1B in mortgages with no income, no asset verification. Resi investors can borrow from an Austin-based lender...
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2.6KMisconduct Complaint Alleges 5th Circuit Senior Judge Edith Brown Clement Issued Partisan Attacks on Colleagues
Harrington stated in his misconduct complaint that it doesn’t concern the merits of the dissent, but rather the partisan tone and insults...
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3.1K1Law Funder LLC Case at the Fifth Circuit in a Veil of Secrecy as it Involves a Lawmaker, a Judge and Illegal Acts
ORAL ARGUMENT HEARD before Judges King, Smith, Willett. Arguing Person Information Updated for: John F. Carroll arguing for Appellants Sergio Munoz, Et...
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2.4KDeutsche Bank and the Two Billion Reasons the Donald Trump Cabinet is Filled with Bankers, Lawyers and Foreclosure Kings
Ms. Vrablic, an intensely private person who rarely discussed personal matters with her colleagues, steered more than $300 million in loans to...
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2.4KThe Truth About Political Intervention for Citizens and Consumers: There is None: You’re on Your Own
During the run-up of the housing bubble, banks acquired thousands of subprime mortgages and turned them into securities. They created trusts as...
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1.7KFifth Circuit Court Opinion on Judicial Misconduct: Don’t Do Your Job When It Involves Judicial Misconduct, Turn a Blind Eye
The Fifth Circuit panel ruled — go read it if you don’t believe me — that Anderson had no case for retaliation...
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3.0KThe Fifth Circuit’s “Selective” Rule of Orderliness Opinion
Thompson v. Dallas City Attorney’s Office appears to present the first use, in the history of the federal judiciary, of both the...
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1.3KWe’ll Protect Attorney Immunity no Matter What Negligence Prevailed says Fifth Circuit
Schiff Hardin’s conduct falls squarely within the scope of the firm’s representation of its client. This court is not bound to accept...
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1.3KTexas Judiciary Launches Case Search Online but Refuses Public Access to Full Search Capabilities
re:searchTX: The new online Texas law case search portal. Attorneys will have expanded access to documents not available to the public.
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1.7KHo Ho Ho, it’s a Certification Request to the Supreme Court of Texas (finally)
What's interesting is this case, not a mortgage/foreclosure case, is the first by a new judge (appointed by Trump) to Certify to...
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1.4KEditors Choice: Performance-Based Disposal of Justice in Texas Courts
The clearance rate (i.e., number of cases disposed/number of cases added to the docket) is a measure of how effectively a court...
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1.2KWhen You Cannot Decide which Route is the Best on the Map of Texas
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito signaled that it had no problem with the most recent round of delay tactics...
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2.0KCertification to the Supreme Court of Texas, Heck No, Says Fifth
In the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, Sexton v Deutsche Bank they reiterate their belligerent stance in this and other cases that Erie...
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1.5KTexas Orders Ocwen to Cease and Desist, then Settles with PayOff
Ocwen, a residential mortgage servicer in Texas was ordered to cease and desist by the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending.
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1.3KWe’ll Not Depart from a Supreme Court of Texas Precedent says Fifth Circuit
Where we rely on Texas Courts of Appeals opinions, we have determined not [to] depart from their holdings because we find them...
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3.1KRules of Professional Conduct When Engaging Witnesses
Perjury in Florida Federal Court by Judge Marra? It is now clear, Ocwen Altisource responses were also based on fear of further...
