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Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
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Just wantonly illegal.

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

I got this from Cedric Bond’s LinkedIn page - I’m not quite sure he’s here (please @ him if he is).

submitted 7 hours ago • 10 comments

Can you imagine the number of Signal chats Pete Hegseth is on with journalists right now?

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

A dispute in CA5 about whether there is a "law of non-contradiction": that is, whether a district court may deny summary judgment at one point, but then grant a Rule 56(g) motion at trial. The general rule is: of course, judges can change their minds. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

My friend and Houston appellate guru Andrew Gould has started a substack about the Houston appellate courts which he calls 1910. It's very good. As I told him this morning, I cannot imagine how much work even this one post was. 1910andbeyond.substack.com

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Schedule A is the law thing that has most recently surprised me most.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

This is the deep magic.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The dense fog is just Trump’s thoughts on the subject

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

You can’t invent the fact patterns cases will present by accident. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

This is one of the most irresponsible things a president has ever said.

submitted 1 day ago • 221 comments

This is much more controversial, but I also take the position that whoever makes Ghirardelli's brownie mix has solved brownies.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

The bold iconoclasts of the Maryland Supreme Court stand alone.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I’m genuinely upset. #Appellatesky

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

I don’t understand. In law, silence is praise. (Andrew’s right)

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Total lunacy.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

TIL that my dad has a dot matrix printout of all his workouts since his doctor yelled at him to work out more 5 years ago, and has put them in a tabbed binder to take to his appointment.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

We didn’t make any restaurant plans for Father’s Day, but all worked out schnitzely.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Parrish- guy moves to file a late notice of appeal, which was granted, together with a notice of appeal, but then is told by CA4 that to appeal he had to file a 2nd NOA after the motion was granted - was resolved by the ancient Latin maxim of “come on man” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

FWIW, the French do a really good military parade for July 14, but I bet it takes all year to pull together.

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

Random baking tip: just use self rising flour for the quick breads. It’s often lower protein and cuts out an annoying step.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

The Chinese are probably pretty intimidated by this parade.

submitted 3 days ago • 82 comments