All posts tagged "judge higginson"
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4.7KAccelerationOutlaws In Robes
2021 Most Wanted. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate Circuit Judges.
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2.1KCFPBFifth Circuit Finally Tells Banks that Professional Liability Insurance Doesn’t Cover Blatant Fraud, Forgery and Extortion
Judge Stephen Higginson opined for the 2-panel at the 5th Cir., and held that it was the bank’s wrongful certification to HUD...
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2.8KAppellate CircuitA Taxing Texas Decision to Deny En Banc Rehearing Splits Fifth Circuit Right Down the Middle. But The Right Call Was Made.
The 8 Dissenting 5th Cir. Judges Owen, Smith, Elrod, Haynes, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham would give Attorney Client Privilege to the Austin,...
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1.4KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Ain’t So Jolly as its Reversed by Supreme Court for an Erie Guess, Again
To the extent that the panel opinion creates a new Louisiana tort duty, this is a policy decision for Louisiana courts—not this...
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2.8KAppellate JudgesA Hunter or a Howler? Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Unlawfully Implements Threat Management Process Against Elder Victims of Judicial Misconduct
For the Chief Judge to claim the Burkes complaint is merit-based, conclusory and issue a warning violates the Judicial rules as well...
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1.6KAppellate 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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3.5KAppellate CircuitMotion to Strike Hopkins Fictitious Brief
Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a Motion to Strike Appellee’s Hopkins Law, PLLC, Mark Hopkins and Shelley Hopkins...
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3.0KFederal LawThrice. Texas Ethics and Federal Appeals in 2020
A Theoretical dismissal is Not Justice. Unlike the Burkes, not a shred of evidence was presented by Hopkins to support his claims.
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Fifth Circuit Finally Tells Banks that Professional Liability Insurance Doesn’t Cover Blatant Fraud, Forgery and Extortion
Judge Stephen Higginson opined for the 2-panel at the 5th Cir., and held that it was the bank’s wrongful certification to HUD...
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5.3KE.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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2.7KKen PaxtonWhen Moss Rightfully Foreclosed on Deutsche Bank and Ocwen Loan Servicing, The Southern Judge Relied upon “Federalist Faction Control”
Judge Rosenthal: This mortgage-foreclosure case is unusual because it begins with a foreclosure rather than ending with one. And it is the...
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2.4KFifth CircuitE Pluribus Unum is On the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Seal but What Does it Mean?
The meaning of the phrase E Pluribus Unum originates from the concept that out of the union of the original Thirteen Colonies...
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2.0KFifth CircuitThe Fifth Circuit Panel of Graves, Higginbotham and Higginson Give ‘Rookie’ Supreme Justice Kavanaugh the Bird
On Remand the Elder 3-Panel at the Fifth Circuit Defy the Mandated Suggestion for Arbitration, rebuffing the Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and...
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2.7KDonald TrumpThe Rise and Fall of Former Texas US Rep. Steve Stockman who Went Before Chief Judge Lee Rosenthal who sent him to the Pen in Forth Worth for 10 years, and We’re Not Talking Billy Bobs
On November 7, 2018 Stockman was sentenced to serve ten years in prison and ordered to pay $1,014,718.51 in restitution, to be...
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2.5KEditors ChoiceAustin Estate Planning & Tax Law Firm Accused by the IRS of Aiding and Abetting Clients Illegally Evade Paying U.S. Taxes. The Lower Court has Ruled in Favor of the IRS, Now the Lawyers are Rushing to the Attorney-Friendly 5th Circuit for Protection and a Reversal of the Adverse Ruling
Here, the Firm’s attorney-client privilege arguments do not meet its burden to rebut a Powell showing, in large part because the Firm...
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1.9KDebt CollectorThe Fifth Circuit’s Foreclosure Panel Continue New Theme in 2019 of Extremely Short Affirmations in Favor of the Bank, Servicer or Debt Collecting Foreclosure Mill, But at Least Without the Searing Remarks
Wells Fargo Bank, a Mortgage Servicer, a Lender or a Trustee. Well, it's all superfluous, we'll just affirm despite the National Mortgage...
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1.2KFifth CircuitThe US Supreme Court Slaps Fifth Circuit Panel of Graves, Higginbotham and Higginsons Decision Not to Arbitrate
The wholly groundless exception to arbitrability is inconsistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and this Court’s precedent. Under the Act, arbitration is...
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1.8KFifth CircuitCan We Get a P-Wease for a Two Count Remand Against Ocwen for Breach of Contract?
It appears that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has a New Years Resolution in relation to review of foreclosure cases by...
