Search results for "graves"

Published Versus Unpublished Opinions in Federal Circuits. Are Courts Prejudging Litigants?

Misuse of precedent-stripping rules is so common federal judges openly admit to using them for purposes not endorsed by the respective rules....

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Texas Supreme Courts Defective Zepeda Opinion is Gleefully Embraced by Senior S.D. Tex. Judge Werlein in Morris v Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank under the doctrine of equitable subrogation stood in the shoes of the prior lienholder and had authority to foreclose on...

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Editors Choice

It’s Not Only a Manifest Injustice, It’s a Perversion of Justice

Here, this Judicial Council has an opportunity to correct not only a manifest injustice, but perversion of justice. It should do so...

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Egregious Legal Error Earns Miss. Judge With History of Misconduct – a Private Reprimand

We may not tolerate misconduct or misfeasance on ANY ground, particularly not on grounds of ignorance or incompetence -Mississippi Supreme Ct

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LIT

Kathleen Kane: From Citizen Kane to KaneVille to Kane Penned in Prison.

Kathleen Kane was sentenced to ten to twenty-three months in prison (plus eight months of probation) for leaking grand-jury secrets and then...

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Fifth Circuit Return to Post 2008 Financial Crisis Writings Again in this Foreclosure Case

Remember, not a single loss at all in 13 plus years in Banks v. Homeowners. Quite remarkable considering the billions of fines...

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Deutsche Bank

The Most Important Opinion Since the Financial Crisis Was Written By a Magistrate Judge in Texas.

The unpublished panel opinion contradicts not only long-settled Texas law, but also several published decisions of the Fifth Circuit.

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Update: A Texas Lawyer’s Personal Battle and Foreclosure Defense v Deutsche Bank National Trust Co and Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC

The 5th Circuit is indeed trying to ignore the controlling precedent in Texas regarding the deed of trust as nothing more than...

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Outlaws In Robes (TX)

2021 Most Wanted in Texas. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate Circuit...

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A Taxing Texas Decision to Deny En Banc Rehearing Splits Fifth Circuit Right Down the Middle. But The Right Call Was Made.

The 8 Dissenting 5th Cir. Judges Owen, Smith, Elrod, Haynes, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham would give Attorney Client Privilege to the Austin,...

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Fifth Circuit Ain’t So Jolly as its Reversed by Supreme Court for an Erie Guess, Again

To the extent that the panel opinion creates a new Louisiana tort duty, this is a policy decision for Louisiana courts—not this...

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A Hunter or a Howler? Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Unlawfully Implements Threat Management Process Against Elder Victims of Judicial Misconduct

For the Chief Judge to claim the Burkes complaint is merit-based, conclusory and issue a warning violates the Judicial rules as well...

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Bankruptcy

Y’all Can ‘Bank’ On It: A Frivolous Foreclosure Appeal at the Fifth Circuit

A lower court Bankruptcy Judge, a known foreclosure debt collecting law firm and 3 of their foreclosure lawyers arrive at the Court...

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The Texas Foreclosure Manual

Texas Foreclosure Manual, Includes 2019 Supplement. This essential resource, written for the general practitioner and real estate expert in mind, provides over...

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Fifth Circuit Judicial Council Immunity Leaves Rogue Judges’ Secretary in the Cold

The court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, concluding Danos’s claims were barred by sovereign immunity.

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Federal Law

Thrice. Texas Ethics and Federal Appeals in 2020

A Theoretical dismissal is Not Justice. Unlike the Burkes, not a shred of evidence was presented by Hopkins to support his claims.

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