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Fifth Circuit Judicial Council slams Judge Porteous
Until recently, it had been years since the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council had sanctioned a federal judge. As of yesterday, the Council has now sanctioned two judges in less than three months. We already know about the case of Galveston-based...
More on the matter of Judge Kent
The Houston Chronicle continued its investigative series into the matter of Galveston U.S. District Judge Sam Kent with this Lisa Olsen/Sunday edition article that provides the most detailed account to date of courtroom deputy Cathy McBroom's sexual harrassment allegations against...
That certainly answers that question
This earlier post wondered what was up with the apparently involuntary four month leave-of-absence of Galveston-based U.S. District Judge, Sam Kent. Well, now we know. The Judicial Council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Friday...
Edith Jones takes the helm of the Fifth Circuit
Clear Thinkers favorite and longtime Houstonian Edith H. Jones has been appointed the Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Here is a series of blog posts over the past couple of years on some...
Finally, some justice for Jamie Olis
The sad case of Jamie Olis has been a frequent topic on this blog as an egregious example of the injustice that has resulted from the government's increasing criminalization of business in American society. Last night, after many months of...
Miers on business
Larry Ribstein notes in this post that, based upon Harriet Miers' investment track record, it may be a mistake to presume that she will be as adept on business-related issues as a Supreme Court Justice than a proven Judge such...
Chief Justice William Rehnquist, R.I.P.
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's death Saturday night creates a second vacancy on the Supreme Court and raises the stakes in what will likely be an intense political battle over the Supreme Court's future. Over the next days and weeks,...
Fifth Circuit emergency operations
Several friends and fellow bloggers have asked over the past several days how the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (website currently down) is dealing with the destruction that has resulted from Hurricane Katrina, so I made a couple...
Judge Roberts and Rome
Over time, politicians will manage to stand just about any issue in American politics on its head. Houston played host to one of the most important speeches of John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential campaign. Conventional political wisdom at the time...
President nominates a Clear Thinkers favorite for the Supreme Court
President Bush's selection of D.C. appellate judge John G. Roberts Jr. to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court is a solid one and should not lead to much of a confirmation fight. As noted in this post...
Helpful hints on pleading securities fraud
On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week in Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo in which the Court rejected the price inflation theory of causation in securities fraud cases, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision...
Updating the Yukos case -- Yukos continues to go for broke
Russian oil company and former United States debtor-in-possession OAO Yukos lost another round in its legal battle with its creditors Friday as U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas declined to grant the company a stay under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8005...
Cert petition filed in Roe v. Wade case
As noted in this previous posts, Norma McCorvey of Dallas, the original plaintiff in the seminal anti-abortion case Roe v. Wade, has been attempting over the past couple of years to persuade the federal courts to allow her to challenge...
An endorsement for Judge Edith Jones
Professor Ribstein provides a nice endorsement for 5th Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones of Houston as the next Associate Justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and I wholeheartedly concur. Judge Jones is widely recognized as an outstanding jurist and one...
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