Page 2-3 of the Complaint states that Tommy Willbern has always paid his mortgage on time and is an upstanding citizen and...
Appeals Court Verdict is Vacated in Part, No Doubt to Aid the Extended Time Before these Convicted Felons Actually Report to Prison.
Non prisoner Lamell obtains a partial reversal in his favor from a 3-panel which capitulated from their earlier opinion. LIT investigates why.
Supreme Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Priscilla Owen to Marry. Recent opinions from Certified Questions in Doubt.
Goodwin have avoided all the main arguments raised by the pro se Burkes because they have no legal answer, so instead they...
Chase’s 2013 proposed repayment plan and its 2014 request for less than the full amount owed is an intent to abandon its...
Our elected officials are held to the highest standards, and former Mayor Laura Jordan traded her responsibility to serve her constituents to...
No [wo]man in this country is so high that [s]he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that...
What’s interesting here is Stanley Price complained about lower court Judge Vance, who was succeeded, albeit temporarily, by Judge Engelhardt who sat...
LIT believes Elrod see’s the changing of the guard in ‘active’ judgeships. As a 54 year old circuit judge, that’s regarded as...
United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer will preside over the panel of judges, including Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, United States...
Misuse of precedent-stripping rules is so common federal judges openly admit to using them for purposes not endorsed by the respective rules....
To the extent that the panel opinion creates a new Louisiana tort duty, this is a policy decision for Louisiana courts—not this...
The Clerk has denied the Burkes’ first request for an extension of time in this case. The decision is unfair, based on...
The committee, late last month, capitulated. It withdrew its draft for no stated reason other than a lack of agreement by judges.
The Code of Conduct encourages judges to remain active in the community and the legal profession so long as those activities do...
In a published opinion, Judge Elrod for the panel held that the district court did not abuse its broad discretion without holding...
The main factors involved in sentences for extortion and blackmail charges are the amount involved, the way the threats were delivered and...