All posts tagged "judgehaynes.com"
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77AccelerationDid 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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185TexasThis List of North Texas PPP Recipients Supports the Finding: Law Firms are Abusing Financial Aid Intended for Small Struggling Businesses
You take $10 million, you slice that up by $100,000, that could have helped a lot of small businesses keep workers on...
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277Appellate 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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1.6KEditors 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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1.5KEditors ChoiceWe’ve Received All Your Inquiries and Emails at LIT and Here’s What We’ve Been Busy Working On
Our blog at LIT has grown so fast, it started creaking under the strain. So we've been busy moving our website and...
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727Fifth CircuitThe Judicial Exception: A Mandate, A Mortgage and a Prisoner
Randy Dewayne Pittman appeals his sentence of 51 months in prison, imposed following his guilty plea conviction of possession of a firearm...
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773Fifth CircuitHo Ho Ho, it’s a Certification Request to the Supreme Court of Texas (finally)
What's interesting is this case, not a mortgage/foreclosure case, is the first by a new judge (appointed by Trump) to Certify to...
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643Fifth CircuitAre You Bloody Kidding?
Aggressive Opinions from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit are on the rise in 2018 by a known 3-panel as...
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880ForeclosuresThe worst financial crisis since the Great Depression
A decade ago, the United States was engulfed in perhaps the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Toxic mortgage debt had...
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573Fifth CircuitThere’s Morgan, but no Spice Rum
In this foreclosure case the panel just dismissed the claims in a short affirmation in favor of JPMorgan et al.
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623Fifth CircuitChanging the Door Locks in Texas, Nae Problem, Sayeth Fifth
In this particular Opinion, the McZeals' seem overwhelmed in their brief and end up with a lot of content but no focus...
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1.4KDeed of TrustQuiet Title Review in Smitherman Case
In the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, Bartolowits v Wells Fargo they evaded the motion to amend by the usual call, first argument...
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