All posts tagged "judge jerry e. smith"
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1.8KFifth CircuitGlossin’ Opinions: Texas Lawyer Mary Lou Serafine Still Labeled a Vexatious Litigant in 2023
Mary Lou Serafine is a lawyer in Austin who's been actively contesting her vexatious litigant label by Texas Courts. She loses to...
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1.0KAppellate CircuitUnmasked: A Judicial Complaint Against “The Brain Surgeon” Will Be Dismissed Without a Glance
Fix the Court’s letter is naive when addressing the judges on this panel. Roth clearly shows a lack of experience with the...
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1.0KAppellate CircuitThere’s No Riddle, Just a Premeditated Guess Which Contradicts
This court makes a confident Erie guess that the Texas Supreme Court would have concluded that explicit substitution was not required.
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1.3KAccelerationYoung’s ‘Pretty Good Deal’ is Another Baked Fifth Circuit Foreclosure Opinion by an Infamous 3-Panel
Compare, for example, the foreclosure case of Rob authored by Judge Stephen Higginson in 2018 which reversed and rendered for homeowners.
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1.0KAccelerationSummary Judgment Entered in Byrd v. Lakeview Days After Order Allowing Byrd to Replace Counsel
Senior Judge David Erza in Austin, W.D. Tex. issued his order of summary judgment in favor of Lakeview 4 days after attorney...
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1.5KFederal LawTexas Lawyer Mary Lou Serafine Labeled a Vexatious Litigant in 2021
Mary Lou Serafine is a lawyer in Austin, Texas. Serafine commenced litigation under federal civil rights law, Section 1983, against five Texas...
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3.4KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Judges Spark Noticable Split in First Amendment En Banc Case.
Trump Judges: Fifth Circuit Judges Kyle Duncan, Jim Ho, Don Willett and Andy Oldham are the minority in this en banc decision.
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1.6KKen PaxtonTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton Wants Your Vote
Each judge on Thursday’s Fifth Circuit panel appeared cranky during what was the first of four hearings. U.S. Circuit Judge Carl E....
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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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3.5KAppellate JudgesThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and His Outrageous Comments about Women- ‘Brain Surgeon’ Judge Jerry Edwin Smith
Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as referring to the International Women’s Year Conference as a “gaggle of outcasts, misfits...
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A Law Professor Claims the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Has Gone Rogue and Suggests the Supreme Court Should Slay ‘Em
The Supreme Court does not have to reaffirm Whole Woman’s Health. It can write an opinion summarily reversing the Fifth Circuit’s decision...
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2.5KFederal LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho and Judge Andrew Oldham Accused of Being Cowardly, Unprincipled and Unfit to be Appellate Judges
Indeed, Judge Ho and Judge Oldham conclude this section of the opinion by saying: If we’re not going to do it right,...
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2.3KFederal LawThe Fifth Circuit’s Dissenting Judge James Ho Is Spot On with His Summary Analysis in Faludi’s FLSA Case.
In Faludi's case the facts appear clear from the opinion; Faludi signed a contract as an Independent Contractor, yet now sues US...
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1.7KFederal LawThe Fifth Circuit Debate Originalism, a Constitutional Standard in a Divided Court in Cole v. Hunter. We Maintain, Common Sense Should be the Standard
James Wilson’s design was that every court could serve as a court of common sense: not the haphazard common sense of shallow...
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Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Judge Jerry Edwin Smith Profiled
While in that position, Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as characterizing the League of Women Voters as the plague...
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1.1KFifth CircuitA ‘Protracted’ Litigation Ends with a Curt Opinion
Aggressive Opinions from the Fifth Circuit are on the rise in 2018 as they seek to clear the docket for another year....
