All posts tagged "judgehaynes.com"

Summary 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...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor Unleashes on the Beastly Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Justice Sotomayor rips Fifth Circuit for their breathtaking defiance of the rule of law, precedent, and their flaming cowardice.

The Rub of the Green Goes Windsor’s Way in this Foreclosure Appeal

Judges Hayne, Ho and Willett side with US Bank and Freedom Mortgage in this Texas foreclosure case removed to federal court.

Say A Prayer for Rev. Wesley Wilson. He Was Hopin’ For a Miracle.

Revisiting MERS and the Lyin’ Words in Fifth Circuit Opinions

As for MERS being both a “nominee” and a “mortgagee”, the idea that a principal can be its own agent does not...

Part-Time or Random Residence Ain’t A Family Homestead Exemption in Texas Law

When Alwin Gerald Morgan filed his Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, he claimed a family homestead exemption for a property in which he...

A Fifth Circuit Foreclosure Appeal, A Dissent and A Look at the Panel’s History and Experience

We, Judge Owen and Judge Costa, disagree with the dissenting opinion by Judge Haynes regarding the alleged misrepresentation by a Wells Fargo...

Oh Look Priscilla. It’s Premature.

Apparently premature is a word that the judicial colleagues of Chief Judge Priscilla Owen clearly understand without accenting in parenthesis.

Fifth Rely Upon Seventh Circuit To Decide You Must Know Who Was Where During Two Hip-Breaking Epileptic Fits

The Fifth Circuit 3-Panel's arguments fail to address the fact that Martinez suffered an epileptic seizure not once, but twice. The jail...

Judge Ho’s Not Allowing the Northern District of Texas to Redistrict a Regular Visitor and Lawyer Without A Word of Advice

Judge Mark Pittman, a 2019 Trump nominee to the Federal Bench in Northern District in Texas gets reversed at the Fifth Circuit...

Did 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...

This 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...

Judge 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.

Judge 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...

We’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...

The 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...

Ho 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...

Are 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...