All posts tagged "supreme court of texas"
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3.9KAppellate 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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3.0KAppellate CircuitU.S. Energy Development Corp v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company aka “Agent” (19-90012, 5th Cir., 2019)
U.S. Energy Development Corp v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company (19-90012, 5th Cir., 2019)
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2.3KJudgesTexas Judges Questions his Own Competence On the Bench and Quickly ‘Retires’
JUDGE DOUG SHAVER: “I have no concern, nor does anyone else about my mental facilities. I’m simply getting older & my energy...
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3.1KAppellate 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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2.8KAppellate 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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2.4KAppellate 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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3.0KFederal LawTexas Judges May Wear Black Robes But They Cloak Darker Secrets
There was a judge that should’ve been put in the electric chair, and he only had his hand slapped, recalled former Commissioner...
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4.4K4Federal LawWhere is Former Texas State Chief Judge Joel “Sexting” Baker Working Today? Oh, BTW, he was also Vice Chair at the State Comission for Judicial Conduct (SCJC)
Shamed Judge and Texas Lawyer Joel Baker would be left to defend himself in front of the same panel he has served...
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4.4KLaws In TexasOpinion Pending: A Well-Known Sanctioned NRA Lawyer With a[nother] Non-Disclosed Ethics Violation Taps the Supreme Court of Texas
Attorney Bill Brewer petitions the Texas Supreme Court. Of course he won. This is Texas and Texas Supreme Court is owned by...
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2.9KDonald TrumpSocial Media is a Voice and Vehicle which Unearths the Hidden Secrets [and Corruption] of the Three Branches of State and US Government and Now they Seek Ways to Silence Democracy and Free Speech #WeThePeople
The ABA, recognizing the urgency and timeliness of these issues, has chosen Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society for this year’s Law...
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3.8KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Accuses Houston of Willfully and Maliciously Destroying Evidence
Houston city officials intentionally destroyed evidence, wiping crucial data from the computer drives of top police commanders that is potentially relevant to...
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2.6KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Hilda G. Tagle Halts Pending Execution of Inmate, Surprising Everyone Associated With the Case
Judge Tagle’s order notes that the attorney is no longer allowed to practice in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals because of...
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4.3KEditors Choice13 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the November 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 9 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
13 Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue and the 9 privileged enough to be Disciplined Privately and so you'll never know -...
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2.9K4Debt CollectorEditors’ Choice: November’s State Bar of Texas Journal Invited Law Professor Fred C. Moss to Discuss Attorney Ethics and Duties Relative to a Clients’ Fraud or Crime
The failure of the offending party’s lawyer to ensure the correction of deposition perjury condones and assists fraud and undermines the justice...
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2.5K3Laws In TexasSupreme Court of Texas Releases New Opinion Where it Clarifies When [Federal] Judges Can and Have an Ethical Obligation to Testify in Court
The ethics rules for federal judges thus affirmatively encourage the reporting of attorney misconduct and the providing of testimony in disciplinary proceedings.
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2.0KAppellate Circuit
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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2.5K1Appellate CircuitThere Was Never Going to Be a Pow[e]-Wow On this Deutsche Bank 5th Circuit Appeal with A Very Ethically Challenged 3-Panel of Higginbotham, Ho and Ho, ehem…Engelhardt
In the case of Powe v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., the 3-Panel issued a “Single Word” Opinion. The 5th Circuit Are...
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4.2K2Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the October 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 10 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue - October 2019 List from the State Bar of Texas.
