Author Archives: Steven Callahan

Magistrate Judge Cureton

Magistrate Judge Cureton became one of the Northern District’s magistrate judges in 2010.  He graduated from Baylor University in 1990 and Baylor University School of Law in 1993, where he was a member of the Baylor Law Review.  Following law … Continue reading

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Judge Fish Remands Tran v. Citibank (For the Second Time)

Judge Fish recently issued an order in Tran v. Citibank, sending the case back to state court for the second time.  The plaintiff, Dr. Tran, originally brought suit in state court claiming that Citibank failed to honor his decision to … Continue reading

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Meeting and Conferring (Fully)

Local Rule 7.1(a) requires that, “[b]efore filing a motion [with limited exceptions], an attorney for the moving party must confer with an attorney for each party affected by the requested relief to determine whether the motion is opposed.”  In Marshall d/b/a … Continue reading

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5th Circuit Reinstates SEC’s Complaint Against Mark Cuban

In July 2009, Chief Judge Fitzwater of the Northern District of Texas dismissed the SEC’s insider trading complaint against Dallas resident (and owner of the Dallas Mavericks) Mark Cuban, finding that the SEC had not adequately alleged that Cuban undertook … Continue reading

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“When You Find Yourself In a Hole, Stop Digging”

Those words come from Judge Lindsay’s recent Order in EsNtion Records v. TM Studios, where Judge Lindsay took up the issue of whether to sanction EsNtion’s attorney for failure to notify the Court that her client had declared bankruptcy. The … Continue reading

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IonLoop Sues Colantotte International for Declaratory Judgment of Patent Invalidity

On September 17, 2010, IonLoop filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas against Colantotte International.  The lawsuit requests a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent No. 6,913,663 is invalid, unenforceable and not infringed by IonLoop.  IonLoop also claims that … Continue reading

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Don’t Mess With D Magazine

That’s the message coming through loud and clear in a trademark lawsuit filed on September 9, 2010 by D Magazine against Defendants Edwin Bedford, Bob Johnson, and Associated Capital Services, Inc.  D Magazine claims that Defendants, doing business as “D Moving,” … Continue reading

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Magistrate Judge Toliver

Magistrate Judge Toliver is one of the Northern District’s Magistrate Judges.  A graduate of Howard University, she received her juris doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1984.  Following her graduation from law school, she served as … Continue reading

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Northern District Magistrate Judge Profiles

The Northern District has nine Magistrate Judges.  Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be profiling these judges, beginning with Magistrate Judge Toliver.  You can also access information about the Northern District judges on the following page.

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Dondi Turns 22

It has been 22 years since the Northern District sat, en banc, to issue its opinion in Dondi Properties Corp. v. Commerce Savs. & Loan Ass’n, 121 F.R.D.284 (N.D. Tex. 1988) (en banc).  The case, which has been cited nearly … Continue reading

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