Search results for "Texas Supreme Court"
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2.1KFederal LawTexas Solicitor General Kyke Hawkins Arguments are Rudimentarily Dismissed by the US Supreme Court Justices
It probably was not a good sign for Texas in Banister v. Davis, a technical post-conviction habeas case with potentially major ramifications,...
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3.7KAppellate CircuitVexatious or Not, The Supreme Court of Texas Decide to Abate Lower Court Sanctions Against Texas Lawyer Stephen Casey
Asking the Court to declare pro se's Vexatious Litigants is a serious matter. LIT asks; WHY could the Supreme Court of Texas...
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4.6KLaws In TexasOpinion Pending: A Well-Known Sanctioned NRA Lawyer With a[nother] Non-Disclosed Ethics Violation Taps the Supreme Court of Texas
Attorney Bill Brewer petitions the Texas Supreme Court. Of course he won. This is Texas and Texas Supreme Court is owned by...
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2.6K3Laws In TexasSupreme Court of Texas Releases New Opinion Where it Clarifies When [Federal] Judges Can and Have an Ethical Obligation to Testify in Court
The ethics rules for federal judges thus affirmatively encourage the reporting of attorney misconduct and the providing of testimony in disciplinary proceedings.
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3.0KFederal LawUpdate: Wrongfully Convicted Alfred Brown Was Denied Compensation by Texas; Now a Former Supreme Court Justice is Stepping In
A former Texas Supreme Court justice has joined the legal fight to help ex-death row inmate Alfred Brown get compensation for the...
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1.7KFederal Law8 Corners Rule: Another Certified Question from the Fifth Circuit to the Supreme Court of Texas
In summer 2017, a 10-year-old died in an ATV accident at his grandparents’ house. The boy’s mom sued the grandparents, the Richards....
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3.4K1Editors ChoiceWho’s the Drunk Blonde in a Chevy Making a Buzz by Running for the Supreme Court of Texas with a Bottle of Mike’s Hard Lemonade to Go?
Triana failed multiple field sobriety tests, the affidavit said, failing to touch heel to toe, stepped off line twice and took the...
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2.0KLaws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: The Board of Disciplinary Appeals Appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas Has Released its 2018 Annual Report and We Have a Copy
In the year of 2018, out of 1,444 complaints, BODA decided 34 cases resulting in final judgments of discipline or disability (2.3%)....
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2.9K8Editors ChoiceAfter a Revisit from the Priesters, Who Reminded the Fifth Circuit their Erie Guess Was Proven to Be Lender Bias by the Supreme Court of Texas, they Say, to Hell With Ya, it Was a Guess and You’re No Saint, You’re Merely a Poor Sinner
Back in 2013, we affirmed the dismissal of the Priesters’ case, holding that a four-year statute of limitations barred their attempt to...
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2.3KFederal LawThe Law of the Case Doctrine Applied by Utah Supreme Court to Aid Texas Trustee to Foreclose on Utah Home
The Summary of the Opinion - The Comptroller (at the helm is Joseph Otting, AKA former Foreclosure Magnet and sidekick to Steve...
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1.9KAccelerationUS Supreme Court is Silent on the Supreme Court of Texas Breach of Due Process
In this Deutsche Bank case, the Petitioners are homeowners represented by legal counsel from Houston, Texas. They filed a Petition of Writ...
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1.8KFederal LawSupreme Court of Texas Recommends Trial Lawyers Provide More Accounting Records to Prove Fees
General, conclusory testimony devoid of any real substance will not support a fee award,” said the April 26 opinion in Rohrmoos Venture...
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2.6KFederal LawThe Supreme Court of Texas Rules on Ignorance Laws
It is often said that ignorance of the law is no defense. Perhaps not. But if ignorance of the law can’t be...
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Supreme Court Declines Texas Banks Challenge to CFPB’s Structure with Steven Mnuchin as the Named Party
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a challenge to the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Texas Bank v US...
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1.7KFifth CircuitHo 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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2.0KFifth CircuitCertification 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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1.3KFederal JudgesWe’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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1.5KFederal LawTexas Promotes Millionaire’s Dare to Thieve Dream Team: But Timothy Barton’s Luxury Spending Spree is Frozen
Following the SEC Complaint Barton spent, at the very least, hundreds of thousands of dollars in traceable investor funds, including a plane.
