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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. The Richards asked their insurer, State Farm,…
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Fifth Circuit tosses Another Judgment against DeJoria - as Lobbyist and Gregg Abbott's Pal Gets the Texas Constitution Interpreted just for his benefit.
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ORAL ARGUMENT HEARD before Judges Haynes, Graves, Ho. Arguing Person Information Updated for: Daron L. Janis arguing for Appellant Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; Arguing Person Information Updated for:…
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“Uncorrected, the 5th circuit panel opinion will substantially undermine receivership courts’ ability to protect estate property in this circuit, presenting an issue of exceptional importance,” Sadler and Powers state…
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Tina Alexander returns to SDTX and her case is assigned to Judge Ellison, who recently had a spat with Judge Jerry Smith of the Court of Appeals for the…
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Gregg Costa: For a lawyer and Judge that was probably the closest to the mortgage fraud by all the lenders post Great Recession, due to his position as fraud…
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A featured case, Judge Ho sat on Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., where the panel affirmed for the German-Owned Bank, who had failed the stress test (2018) and agreed…
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Fifth Circuit Judge Wiener failed to disclose all his financial interests in his Financial Disclosure Report, claims it was an "inadvertent oversight" in multiple prior year filings.
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Apart from defending Bankers and MERS, Mrs. Ho is a member of the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, appointed by U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to evaluate potential…
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Back in 2013, we affirmed the dismissal of the Priesters’ case, holding that a four-year statute of limitations barred their attempt to avoid a home-equity lien under section 50(a)(6)…
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On March 12, 2019 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in All American Check Cashing’s interlocutory appeal from the district court’s ruling upholding…
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“There are too many downsides to creating these barriers. If you don’t give effective access to these records, it undermines courts’ legitimacy.” said Stephen W. Smith, who was until…
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Although “conduct unbecoming a member of the bar” is not defined in the Local Rules, the Supreme Court has interpreted the same language, as used in Federal Rule of…
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Holguin’s argument that the consecutive year term was substantively unreasonable. Holguin failed to raise his challenge in the district…
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o take just one example of serious misconduct, there was strong support for the finding that O’Dwyer engaged in the unauthorized practice of law following his suspension from the…
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Last year, two Trump appointees on the Fifth Circuit—Ho and Judge Don Willett—protested the court’s denial of a full panel rehearing of a decision that upheld the federal ban…
