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2.5KAppellate JudgesThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and His Outrageous Comments about Women- ‘Brain Surgeon’ Judge Jerry Edwin Smith
Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as referring to the International Women’s Year Conference as a “gaggle of outcasts, misfits...
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3.8KFifth CircuitUS Supreme Court 5th Circuit Orders (November 12 2019)
US Supreme Court 5th Circuit Orders and Grants for 5th Cir. and Other Notable Cases from Other Circuits (November 12, 2019)
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1.6K1CFPBCFPB Constitutionality is an Ongoing Debate And Now All American Check Cashing Thinks its A Monopoly Board
According to All American, its case would thus allow the Supreme Court to decide not only the CFPB’s constitutionality but the equally...
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1.8KFederal LawEternal Merry-Go-Round: Who Is the New Chief at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2019?
From the attorneys perspective, what they might notice the most is who is assigned at their arguments. Beyond that, you would have...
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1.8K1Federal LawCollins v Mnuchin the Foreclosure King and Trump Appointee: Updated – Fifth Circuit Issues A Head-Turning Decision
The Court recently voted to rehear en banc the case of Collins v. Mnuchin, an important administrative law dispute about the structure...
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1.6K1Federal LawThe Fifth Circuit’s History of Manipulating it’s Panels, One Which We Leveled Directly at the Fifth Circuit in 2019, Is Etched Into History for All to See and History is Repeating Itself with This Court
The Fifth Circuit Stated that the Burkes' Allegations Regarding the Bias Selection Process of Judges on Foreclosure Panels was Conclusory and Insufficient...
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1.7KDonald TrumpThe Rise and Fall of Former Texas US Rep. Steve Stockman who Went Before Chief Judge Lee Rosenthal who sent him to the Pen in Forth Worth for 10 years, and We’re Not Talking Billy Bobs
On November 7, 2018 Stockman was sentenced to serve ten years in prison and ordered to pay $1,014,718.51 in restitution, to be...
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1.5K1Bill Of ReviewJudge Carolyn Dineen King [Mrs. Reavley] in 1988 Provided the Fifth Circuit a Precedent for Mortgage Application Fraud. In 2015, the 5th Circuit Ignored it, and Again in 2018 in Deutsche Bank v Burke
As we agree with the district court that the false statements had the capacity to influence a savings and loan institution's decision...
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2.0K1Federal Law
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Judge Jerry Edwin Smith Profiled
While in that position, Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as characterizing the League of Women Voters as the plague...
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1.9K5Federal LawWhen Should a Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Recuse Themselves? We Take a Look at Judge James ‘Jim’ Ho in this Article
A featured case, Judge Ho sat on Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., where the panel affirmed for the German-Owned Bank, who had...
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1.9KEditors ChoiceAustin Estate Planning & Tax Law Firm Accused by the IRS of Aiding and Abetting Clients Illegally Evade Paying U.S. Taxes. The Lower Court has Ruled in Favor of the IRS, Now the Lawyers are Rushing to the Attorney-Friendly 5th Circuit for Protection and a Reversal of the Adverse Ruling
Here, the Firm’s attorney-client privilege arguments do not meet its burden to rebut a Powell showing, in large part because the Firm...
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2.9K2Federal LawFifth Circuit Judge Wiener Excuses Himself for Inadvertently Failing to Disclose Assets in Prior Years Financial Disclosure Report
Fifth Circuit Judge Wiener failed to disclose all his financial interests in his Financial Disclosure Report, claims it was an inadvertent oversight...
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1.5KDebt CollectorThe Fifth Circuit’s Foreclosure Panel Continue New Theme in 2019 of Extremely Short Affirmations in Favor of the Bank, Servicer or Debt Collecting Foreclosure Mill, But at Least Without the Searing Remarks
Wells Fargo Bank, a Mortgage Servicer, a Lender or a Trustee. Well, it's all superfluous, we'll just affirm despite the National Mortgage...
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1.5KAccelerationIt’s Stupefying How Tardy the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Has Been Related to the Case Questioning the Constitutionality of the CFPB which the Texas Attorney General Also Commented On via Amici
On March 12, 2019 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in All American Check Cashing’s interlocutory...
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2.2K2Editors ChoiceJudge Ellison of S.D. TX District Court Bites Back at Outrageous 5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith’s Opinion Over Zealously Protecting JPMorgan Chase by Attacking Ellison in Error
“In almost 20 years on the bench, this court has not had to issue any other writing like this one. But, never...
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1.3KFifth CircuitCan We Get a P-Wease for a Two Count Remand Against Ocwen for Breach of Contract?
It appears that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has a New Years Resolution in relation to review of foreclosure cases by...
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1.0KAppellate JudgesThree Items found at the Fifth Circuit; A Baseball Bat, a Mulligan and a Precedent
Honduran man caught illegally re-entering the U.S. from Mexico after 2012 deportation. Feds: His sentence should be enhanced as he was convicted...
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1.1KEditors ChoiceEditors Choice: Improper Conduct by Magistrate Judge Shall Remain Nameless
The Special Committee determined that the subject judge had inappropriately pursued social relationships with an attorney who practices before him and with...
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