All posts tagged "judge catharina haynes"
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1.3KBankruptcyPart-Time or Random Residence Ain’t A Family Homestead Exemption in Texas Law
When Alwin Gerald Morgan filed his Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, he claimed a family homestead exemption for a property in which he...
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1.3KAppellate JudgesA Fifth Circuit Foreclosure Appeal, A Dissent and A Look at the Panel’s History and Experience
We, Judge Owen and Judge Costa, disagree with the dissenting opinion by Judge Haynes regarding the alleged misrepresentation by a Wells Fargo...
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851E.D. Tex.Oh Look Priscilla. It’s Premature.
Apparently premature is a word that the judicial colleagues of Chief Judge Priscilla Owen clearly understand without accenting in parenthesis.
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1.3KAppellate JudgesCan You Interpret Judicial Acts as a Power Move? LIT Asks; Is Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod Vying for Judicial Supremacy
LIT believes Elrod see’s the changing of the guard in ‘active’ judgeships. As a 54 year old circuit judge, that’s regarded as...
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807Appellate JudgesFifth Rely Upon Seventh Circuit To Decide You Must Know Who Was Where During Two Hip-Breaking Epileptic Fits
The Fifth Circuit 3-Panel's arguments fail to address the fact that Martinez suffered an epileptic seizure not once, but twice. The jail...
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1.9KAccelerationDid the Texas Supreme Court Decision in Zepeda Push Texas Trial Lawyer Connie Pfeiffer Out of Beck Redden?
Texas Lawyer Constance 'Connie' Pfeiffer's departure date from Beck Redden, where she was a partner for just shy of 16 years is...
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1.4KAppellate JudgesJudge Rhesa Barksdale: The Role of Civility in Appellate Advocacy (1999)
The Role of Civility in Appellate Advocacy; The Honorable Rhesa Barksdale, an appellate judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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3.1KEditors ChoiceJudge David Hittner Judgments are Not Vindictive nor Unconstitutional According to a 2020 Opinion by the Fifth Circuit
In 1992, a Fifth Circuit judge called out Senior United States District Court Judge David Hittners sentencing as vindictive and unconstitutional. Move...
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2.4KAppellate 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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3.6KAppellate 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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2.6KAppellate 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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3.1KAppellate 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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3.4KEditors ChoiceCorrupt Former Texas Mayor Laura Jordan and Real Estate Boyfriend, Now Hubby, Awarded a New Criminal Trial As Fifth Circuit Decides to Rely on the Judge’s Discretion
In a published opinion, Judge Elrod for the panel held that the district court did not abuse its broad discretion without holding...
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5.3KEditors ChoiceJudge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap
Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...
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3.7KEditors ChoiceTexas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered
Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...
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3.0KFederal LawFifth Circuit Opinion in Favor of the IRS Leaves Texas Attorney Canada Feelin’ Dry
Fifth Circuit: “Congress chose to omit a damages remedy as to tax penalties assessed and to limit judicial review to post-payment and...
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5.1KE.D. Tex.Did You Know? In Texas, Theft is Called Extortion and Corruption is Called Texas Government
The main factors involved in sentences for extortion and blackmail charges are the amount involved, the way the threats were delivered and...
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2.7KAppellate CircuitLIT Brightens the Lights to Review Judge Catharina Haynes of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Judge Catharina Jacoba Hendrika Dubbelday* Haynes is one such judge. She is loud, abrasive, and shows many of the traits of her...
