All posts tagged "texas supreme court"
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4.0K2Deutsche BankFour Jailed Attorneys with Licenses to Practice in Texas Up for Standard Disbarment. However, Lawyers who Have Been Reported to the Bar for Running Around Passing Fake Documents in Foreclosure Cases to Evict Homeowners are Still Protected by the State
After a hearing Friday, four Texas attorneys convicted of child pornography, sexual abuse, and bank, health care and marriage fraud are facing...
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4.7K4Editors ChoiceTexas Judge Ralph Strother: Facts You Need to Know About the Rapist Case and the Twin Peaks Case
Strother is a Texas judge under fire for allowing former Baylor frat president Jacob Walter Anderson escape prison time, pay a $400...
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12.3K4Editors ChoiceThe Mysterious and Disturbing Case of Casie Gotro is a Prime Example of Texas Controlling its Citizens and its Lawyers
Colleagues, meanwhile, described Gotro’s troubles with the bar and her retreat from the law as a sign that she’d lost faith in...
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5.5K2Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyer Absconds with One Million Dollars of Funds Held in His Firms’ Escrow and the Result is a Slap On the Wrist by the State Bar of Texas
Texas lawyer T. Wesley Holmes, 55, of Dallas, agreed to a 48-month active suspension effective May 15, 2019.He was ordered to pay $987,807...
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3.1K1Federal LawUsing the Attorney Immunity and Client Privilege Doctrines, Lawyers Across Texas Hide Evidence that Would Protect Citizens from Wrongful Judgments. In this Case, the Small Matter of a Death Sentence Was at Stake
Rizzo was aware of exculpatory evidence and chose not to produce it to the defense and the court. This evidence ultimately was...
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3.7KFederal LawA Review of the High Profile Case of Waco Attorney Greg White, (former) U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. and Texas Legal Ethics Transparency Advocate and Attorney-at-Law Ty Clevenger
The council said Smith’s actions did not warrant a recommendation of impeachment. Clevenger appealed that decision to the Administrative Office of United...
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2.2K1Editors ChoiceFifth Circuit Maintains Isolated Position Relative to Attorney Immunity Doctrine
The Fifth Circuit declined to broaden the exceptions to the Texas rule of attorney immunity with respect to liability to non-clients in...
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2.5K4Appellate CircuitRestore Moral Integrity to Texas Courts #RESTORETX
RESTORETX: LawsInTexas.com We Publish Real Stories backed up with Real Data about the Texas Judiciary, State and Federal Government.
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1.7KFifth CircuitHo 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...
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1.9KFifth CircuitCertification to the Supreme Court of Texas, Heck No, Says Fifth
In the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, Sexton v Deutsche Bank they reiterate their belligerent stance in this and other cases that Erie...
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1.2KFederal JudgesWe’ll Not Depart from a Supreme Court of Texas Precedent says Fifth Circuit
Where we rely on Texas Courts of Appeals opinions, we have determined not [to] depart from their holdings because we find them...
