All posts tagged "fifth circuit"

The Snakes of the Texas Legal Profession Are Now Officially Allowed Snap Removals as Defendants and Sewer Service as Plaintiffs

Fifth Circuit say 'snap removal' is perfectly fine, despite it being as egregious as 'sewer service'. It's an endorsement of shady legal...

Texas SCJC Invited Citizens to Discuss their Experiences regarding Family Matters in State Court, it Wasn’t Good News for Texas Judges

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct invited public citizens of Texas to a meeting to discuss Texas Judges and Justice in Family...

The Fifth Circuit’s Judge Jennifer Elrod Discusses Pandemics, Cruises and Remote Courtship

Judge Jennifer Elrod; Even though our physical courthouse is not open, it has been very important to make sure all litigants have...

Judge Sparks Sanctions and Recusal Row But Judge Andy Oldham Settles it With a Silver Bullet

The district court determined that Tejero’s attorneys did not settle his lawsuit quickly enough. So the district court sanctioned them. That was...

Judge David Hittner Replaced Judge Nancy Atlas after a Late Recusal. His Speedy Termination Against the Homeowners Followed

Judge David Hittner Remands for Emotional Distress Reasons, Citing an Egregious Sham

Judge David Hittner Sanctions Foreclosure Defense Lawyers, Only for the Erie Guess He Relied Upon to be Error

The Lane Law Firm and several of its attorneys were sanctioned by Judge David Hittner for the Priester case, an erie guess,...

Senior Judge Lynn Hughes One Liner Judgment Dismissing EEOC Case Reversed by Fifth Circuit

Fifth Circuit 3-Panel Scolds Senior Federal Judge Lynn Hughes, S.D. Tex., for One Liner Judgment by Publishing Opinion for Instructive Precedent Training.

Judge David Hittner’s Ruling for Treble Damages Puts Business in Jeopardy

Quanta Storage alleges, three days after the deadline, it is unable to secure the reduced bond due to restrictions on nonessential business...

Motion to Disqualify Judge David Hittner. What Would Supreme Court Justice Scalia Have Thought?

Motion to Disqualify Judge David Hittner: In short form, the current Hopkins case was prematurely ejected by Hittner due to his pervasive...

Fifth Circuit Judge Graves Authors 3-Panel Opinion with Mandate to Unseal Records, Reversing Lower Court

The district court reasoned that sealing was justified because of "the child's privacy interest in being protected from financial predators or others...

The Fifth Circuit Make Another Plain Error in Front of the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a per curiam order March 23, instructing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to conduct...

Fracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – The Result

ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...

Fifth Circuit Affirm Disbarment of Texas Lawyer Ryan Ray from Local Federal Court. The Appellate Court Had Been Duped by Ray Previously.

The court finds that Texas Lawyer Ryan E. Ray engaged in intentional conduct, involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation.

Texas State’s 14th COA Rejects The Federal Appellate Court (5th Cir.) Erie Guesses on Attorney Immunity

Fourteenth Court of Appeals (Tex.) re Attorney Immunity : We are not bound by these two federal court decisions. Nor do we...

Disabled Florida Woman Wins $4m after Jury Trial in Texas Federal Court But Now it’s Stalled

A $4m Jury Award for Disabled Florida Woman on Appeal is now on at the Fifth Circuit but it's remanded and stalled...

Tax Fraud for a Permanent Resident Means Ejection from the USA after Serving His Time

In 2009 this Permanent Resident from Zimbabwe was was convicted of conspiracy and six counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation...

Lobbyist Celebrity Billionaire John Paul DeJoria and BFF Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Will be Calling Donald Trump for a Supreme Favor

The Fifth Circuit's opinion in DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A. reflects poorly on American justice, said Thomas M. Wolf, a principal and trial lawyer.