All posts tagged "precedent"
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266Dark MoneyEighth Circuit Choice Sparks Outrage: Violent Criminal’s Rights Prevail as Elderly Citizen Denied Justice
Fairness in Federal Judiciary's Service and Remand Orders Questioned as Eighth Circuit Asserts Robber's Rights Trump Elderly Citizen's Needs.
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214Bank of AmericaNew Supreme Justice Defies Foreclosure Laws to Vote in Case Where She Was Previously Bank Counsel
Maine Supreme Justice Catherine Connor was a Pierce Atwood attorney in 2017 who represented and filed appellate brief for Bank of America.
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443BankersYellowfin’s Debt Collection Fraud: Chasing Unsecured Loans in Texas from Financial Crisis-Era Loans
Breaking Precedent: Texas First Court of Appeals Backs Yellowfin Judgments Amidst Contentious and Jaw-dropping Legal Reasoning.
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812Appellate JudgesNew Global Order: Controlling Citizens and Blocking Access to Court Records and Content
Public Tensions Increase as the 5th Circuit Court Affirms Sealing Order, Raising Concerns About Selective Transparency in the Legal System.
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626Appellate CircuitFifth Cir: Forget Precedent, Pressin’ for Final Judgment Amount is Homeowner’s Job, not Judge’s
Final Judgment Amount: As Appellant did not press the issue before the district court, the claims have been forfeited. 5th Circuit.
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844Appellate JudgesThe Eleventh Circuit’s EquityExperts.Org Opinion Should Be Published, But The Judicial Glossin’ Continues
Equity Experts, EquityExperts.Org, LLC, waged a long-term collection campaign against the Crosses based on a debt they did not owe.
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1.2KAccelerationState-by-State List of Statute of Limitations on Debt and Why Texas Doesn’t Have One for Mortgage Debt
No deficiency judgment or decree can be made in foreclosure where the debt secured by the mortgage is barred by the statute...
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1.2KAppellate JudgesCronyism in Federal Judicial Appointments Makes a Mockery of Retirements
Judge King’s decision to recant his retirement apparently had to do with an issue regarding his preferred replacement being overlooked.
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757AccelerationWhat Homeowners Need to Know if You’re Facing Foreclosure in Texas Federal Courts
If you are facing foreclosure in Texas Federal Court, there's a lot of legalese to learn. But will you receive access to...
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1.2KAppellate JudgesJustice 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.
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905Appellate JudgesThe Fifth Circuit is All at Sea About Following the Law
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod makes the right call here by way of dissent, applying common sense. Unfortunately it does not help the...
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2.4KFederal JudgesTexas Attorney James Walker of Cole Schotz and Clients Alfa Adhesives Stuck with 60k in Sanctions for Fabrication of Evidence
A Texas federal judge ordered a glue manufacturer to pay a furniture manufacturer $60,000 in attorney fees after one of the glue...
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2.7KDeutsche BankJudge David Hittner Sanctions Foreclosure Defense Lawyers, Only for the Erie Guess He Relied Upon to be Error
The Lane Law Firm and several of its attorneys were sanctioned by Judge David Hittner for the Priester case, an erie guess,...
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6.2K10NewsIf The Courts Have a Berkshire Hathaway, It’s The Cost to Be Noticed at the US Supreme Court. It’s Probable You Could Grab a Breakfast Coffee with Warren Buffett for Less
The costs for writing a petition often can range from $150,000 to $200,000, according to one top firm with a Supreme Court...
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2.1KLaws In TexasThe Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Leads the Charge by Overruling Its Own Precedent
Stare decisis cannot justify adherence to an approach that Supreme Court precedent forecloses. Accordingly, we overrule Amy Travel. The decision by the...
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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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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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1.8KDonald TrumpIt Took Twenty Years to Reach a Dark Money in Politics Settlement. A True Story of Shedding Light on Corruption in Politics and the Judiciary
While the company’s case was being reviewed by the state supreme court, plaintiffs began to suspect that State Farm was providing significant...
