All posts tagged "sealing orders"

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  Fifth Circuit Panel Rebukes Magistrate Judge for Serious Ethics Breach, But Delay Judgment as She’s Retiring

  Judge Higginson wrote the opinion for the 3-panel comprising of Judges Graves and Douglas, leaving ethical questions open to investigation.

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  Access to Courts and Records; Even Years After the Civil Action has Ended via Permissive Intervention

  Open Courts: "The legitimacy and integrity of a court’s action depend on the public’s ability to scrutinize the basis for that action."

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  Texas AG Ken Paxton Can Be a Named Responsible Third Party in Lawsuit

  Fifth Circuit Dallas directs the trial court to enter an order granting relators motion to designate Ken Paxton as a responsible third...

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  Tangled Incentives in AG Ken Paxton State Lawsuit Concerns Justice Craig Smith

  Failure to follow rule 76a jeopardizes the concepts of open courts and public access, wastes valuable judicial resources, and lets parties hide...