SCOTUS: We interpret actual fraud to encompass fraudulent conveyance schemes, even when those schemes do not involve a false representation.
The 3-panel stand by the admonished Judge Lynn Hughes opinion that selling the home to Wall Street for pennies is exactly what...
Judge Randy Crane accepted Deutsche Bank’s secondary theory—that Ms. Castrellon’s separate suit tolled the statute of limitations.
The property is worth far more than than the $20.3 million bid by Schumacher. Appraisals have valued the land at as much...
When Alwin Gerald Morgan filed his Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, he claimed a family homestead exemption for a property in which he...
The Role of Civility in Appellate Advocacy; The Honorable Rhesa Barksdale, an appellate judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Reggie is the son of the late Crowley City Court Judge Edmund Reggie and a brother-in-law of the late U.S. Sen. Ted...
As we agree with the district court that the false statements had the capacity to influence a savings and loan institution's decision...
Putty’s pleadings therefore failed to provide Fannie Mae with fair notice that she intended to assert a RESPA violation, and the district...
In this 5th Circuit foreclosure appeal, the Bank is allowed to evict - with a Writ of Possession in hand - the...
In this foreclosure case the panel dismissed the claims in a short affirmation in favor of Bank of America, claiming failure to...
Castrellon brought this lawsuit, saying that agreement was made with Deutsche Bank but they later reneged. That's fine says the Fifth Circuit,...