All posts tagged "judge jerry smith"
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1.9KFifth CircuitThe Fifth Circuit Make Another Plain Error in Front of the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a per curiam order March 23, instructing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to conduct...
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3.5KFederal LawThe Most Comprehensive FDCPA and TDCPA Opinion in a Debt Collection Lawsuit in Texas We’ve Read. You Should Read It Too.
“Generally speaking, the FDCPA is a strict liability statute, which does not require the plaintiff to show that the violation was either...
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6.0K6Federal LawAnother Texas Federal Court Case Prematurely Decided By the Magistrate Judge While Related Case is On Appeal at The Fifth Circuit
An attorney is a key participant in a mortgage scheme. That’s because being able to point to a lawyer, who is sworn...
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2.2K1Federal LawAll American Prematurely Decided By the Fifth Circuit while Supreme Court Petition is Pending
Fifth Circuit Judges should know their role. When a Supreme Court case is pending (Selia Law v. CFPB), hold your pens says...
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3.5KEditors ChoiceJudge Jerry Smith of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Snubs the OSCAR’s
Some jurists, like Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, have opposed the current Federal Law...
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2.4KAppellate CircuitTexas Lawyer Malpractice Appeal Wins Reversal at the Fifth Circuit which Opens Door for Insurance Bailout. This Dallas Attorney is A Real Estate Investor Too.
Even though we hold that Lonergan reported her claim under the Policy, we decline to reach the issue of whether she breached...
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3.8KFederal LawA Look at “Small Business Owner from Mississippi” Michael Gray, All American Check Cashing Inc.
After listening to Oral Arguments at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Ms Walkers statements, we decided to take...
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2.0KAppellate CircuitThe Missing Opinion at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
It is interesting to note this detailed opinion, which discusses and cites relevant case law as regards judicial recusal is now absent...
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2.4K2Federal Law
After All American was Frazzled by Fifth Circuit Judge Higginbotham, The Flamin’ Arguments Continue at the US Supreme Court
All American also notes in its reply brief that a group of 11 (Republican) state Attorneys General have filed an amicus brief...
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3.9KAppellate 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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2.0KFifth Circuit
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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2.9K1Federal Law
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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3.1K2Editors Choice
Judge Ellison of S.D. TX District Court Bites Back at Outrageous 5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith’s Opinion Over Zealously Protecting JPMorgan Chase by Attacking Ellison in Error
“In almost 20 years on the bench, this court has not had to issue any other writing like this one. But, never...
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1.4KBankruptcyNo Mailbox Rule for Non-Prisoners, exclaims The Fifth Circuit
Debra Lohri’s notice of appeal from the bankruptcy court to the district court arrived at the office of the bankruptcy clerk a few...
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1.3KForeclosuresNo Merit in Alexanders’ Claims against Wells Fargo
The district court announced its decision in a careful ten-page Memorandum Opinion and Order. It explained that the defect Plaintiff complains of—lack...
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1.2KFifth 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....
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1.4KFederal LawRule 56 is Not Going to be Construed Liberally, Says Fifth Circuit
In this foreclosure case the panel dismissed the claims in a short affirmation in favor of Bank of America, claiming failure to...
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1.3KForeclosuresA Valentine Crushed
Valentine continually ignored the court’s urging, instead filing a variety of motions and judicial notices that did not cure the deficiencies.
