All posts tagged "5th circuit"
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2.6KAppellate CircuitThe Petrobras Scandal Sidebar Arbitration Agreement is Decided At the Fifth Circuit and the Decision is Correct.
Petrobras relies on a Fifth Circuit opinion to support that the district court should have considered the public policy issue. This cannot...
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2.2KDeutsche BankFifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan is Transparent as the Burkes’ Watch His Moves.
Judge Dennis dissents quoting that the case majority (Judges Duncan and Elrod) relies upon was decided under Mississippi state law, rather than,...
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3.8KAppellate CircuitThe Petrobras Scandal Resulted in the Largest Foreign Class Action Settlement in History. Meanwhile in Texas, Fifth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes is bias towards Petrobras
Broken Robes: Judge Catharina Haynes of the Fifth Circuit has a financial interest in the outcome of the Cadenas case in Texas....
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2.4KLaws In TexasLouisiana Criminal Judges Financial Conflict of Interest Affirmed by Fifth Circuit Judges Costa, Higginbotham and Jones But He’s At it Again
Civil rights lawyers have once again asked a federal judge to hold Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell in contempt of court...
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3.0KAppellate CircuitThe Hopkins CA5 Appeal Commences in Earnest. Mark D. Hopkins. Shelley L. Hopkins. Hopkins Law, PLLC, An Austin Texas Rogue Law Firm.
When the decisions of courts of justice are made, they must, it is true, be executed; but the power of executing them...
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2.8KAppellate CircuitJudge Edith Jones of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Dissents – from Her Own Opinion
It's not uncommon for judges to write separate concurrences to their own majority opinions but we've not seen a judge write a...
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3.3KAppellate CircuitBroken Chains, Broken Agreements and Broken Laws : Judge Catharina Haynes (5th Cir.) versus Judge David Hittner (S.D. Tex.)
Broken Robes: Judge Catharina Haynes of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit versus Senior United States Judge David Hittner of...
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6.1KEditors ChoiceTheater In The Courtroom Lawyer Seth Sutton Will Need An Agatha Christie Inspired Performance in His Murder for Hire Trial
A well-known Waco, Texas defense lawyer, who once ran for county district attorney, sat behind bars on Saturday in a murder for...
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3.5KEditors ChoiceVermont Lawyer Uses a Known Texas Trial Tactic to Convince Store Clerk to Listen to Her False and Bad Faith Claims
A Vermont lawyer has had her license suspended on an interim basis after she was accused of pulling a gun on a...
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3.0KEditors ChoiceDetroit Man Arrested for Making Credible Social Media Threats to Kill Gov. Whitmer
Sen. Mike Shirkey condemned those who have populated a number of social media posts with crude, violent and threatening messages about our...
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2.2KAppellate CircuitDOJ Wants the Supreme Court to Issue an Advisory Opinion re CFPB’s Constitutionality
Paul Clement said, the government is not asking the Supreme Court to resolve a live dispute. Instead, he said, DOJ wants the...
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3.6KEditors ChoiceJudge David Hittner is Threatened and Guess Who Defended the Convict? None Other than Magistrate Judge Peter Bray
Public Defender Peter Bray, who is representing Yarbrough said “I expect Mr. Yarbrough to make a statement at the time of sentencing...
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3.3KAppellate JudgesThe Fifth Circuit’s Dismissal of the Burkes 2019 Judicial Complaint Has Now Been Proven to Be Error, in Law
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2.9KAppellate CircuitWhy Civil and Criminal Contempt in Federal Courts Is Rarely Invoked
Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...
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4.3KAccelerationEditors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?
Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...
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3.4KEditors ChoiceJudge Jerry Smith of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Snubs the OSCAR’s
Some jurists, like Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, have opposed the current Federal Law...
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2.3KAppellate CircuitTexas Lawyer Malpractice Appeal Wins Reversal at the Fifth Circuit which Opens Door for Insurance Bailout. This Dallas Attorney is A Real Estate Investor Too.
Even though we hold that Lonergan reported her claim under the Policy, we decline to reach the issue of whether she breached...
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2.1KAppellate CircuitBill Barr and the DOJ Does a U-Turn in the Selia Law v. CFPB Case Before the US Supreme Court
The Trump administration believes that the bureau’s lone director is unconstitutionally shielded from accountability to the president, yet the Justice Department’s final...
