All posts tagged "judicial immunity"
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212Appellate CircuitWhat is A Civil Rights Violation Under the Color of Law?
Color of law refers to an appearance of legal power to act that may operate in violation of law. Color of law may include public officials and...
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209Debt CollectorFlorida Bar: Litigation Immunity PreSuit is Not Absolute
In Florida, the law has long looked with disfavor on…slander actions against lawyers uttered in the due course of judicial procedure except...
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2.4KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Judicial Council Immunity Leaves Rogue Judges’ Secretary in the Cold
The court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, concluding Danos’s claims were barred by sovereign immunity.
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1.5KJudgesBlack Robes: Dark Secrets, Cover Ups and Corruption. Reuters Joins LIT in Lighting Up the State of the Judiciary (Hat Tip).
The chief justice accused Judge DeLapp of gross neglect of duty, oppression in office and complete disregard for the law and declared...
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2.3KJudgesTexas State Judge Furious at Jury Trial Request Gets the Standard Issue Public Slap by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct
Texas Judge Slapped: According to the public warning, released by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, attorney Stefanie Collins (pictured) was representing...
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2.7KLaws In TexasWho is Canton Texas Attorney Andrew David “Drew” Vaughn?
LIT strongly object to the fact this lawless lawyer, Andrew D. Vaughn of Canton, Texas was not disbarred, there is serious trust...
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1.7KAppellate CircuitVexatious or Not, The Supreme Court of Texas Decide to Abate Lower Court Sanctions Against Texas Lawyer Stephen Casey
Asking the Court to declare pro se's Vexatious Litigants is a serious matter. LIT asks; WHY could the Supreme Court of Texas...
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1.7KAppellate 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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1.6KAppellate JudgesThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Constitutional Law Professor – Judge Stephen A. Higginson
A federal court should only declare a statute enacted by Congress unconstitutional if it violates a provision clearly set forth in the...
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1.5KAppellate CircuitThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Prosecutor – Judge Gregg Jeffrey Costa
Judge Gregg Costa: A judge should keep an open mind about the issues in a case; and maintain a sense of humility...
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1.2KAppellate CircuitThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Twitter Don – Judge Don Willett
Judge Don Willett: It is never appropriate for lower courts to depart from controlling Supreme Court precedent. If confirmed, I will follow...
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Fifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: Twitter is a Cesspool and an Aggregator of Trollery and Vitriol but I Leveraged it to Get to Where I am Today.
Willett: As a state judge campaigning for office, it was political malpractice not to leverage social media smartly. I loved demystifying &...
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1.1KFifth CircuitAre You Qualified? Shields and Swords are Being Raised in the Roman-American Colosseum
This atextual, ahistorical doctrine - which shields public officials from liability, even when they break the law - was essentially invented out...
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Fifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: § 1927 sanctions imposed against Attorney(s) for advancing a meritless, immunity-barred claim against Judge are Reasonable
Since 1980, federal courts have awarded stiff sanctions under modern § 1927 to punish the wrongful prolongation of litigation. Here, Morgan persistently...
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2.9K6Laws In TexasThe June 2019 Texas Discipline Listing is a Selection of 28 Lawyers and Judges Who Were Hand Picked by the State Bar of Texas for Censure
A partially probated suspension is a combination of an active suspension (can't practice law) followed by a period of probated suspension (can...
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