Author: Steven Callahan
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Johnson v. Randall’s Food Markets Case Remanded, Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded
On September 13, 2010, Magistrate Judge Toliver, in Johnson v. Randall’s Food Markets, issued an order remanding the case to Dallas County Court of Law No. 3. Judge Toliver found that the defendants (who were diverse from the plaintiffs) failed to timely remove the case to federal court within 30 days of proper notice that…
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5th Circuit Vacates Sanctions Against Susman Godfrey Attorney
On September 13, 2010, a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp. (5th Cir. 2010), vacated a $10,000 sanction imposed on an attorney at Susman Godfrey by Judge Godbey. Judge Godbey imposed the sanction in February 2009, finding that the attorney had acted in bad…
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Second Amendment Challenge Filed in the Northern District
On September 8, 2010, the National Rifle Association filed, in the Northern District of Texas, a challenge to the federal law banning the sale of handguns to 18-20 year olds by federally licensed dealers. The challenge comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) (finding that the…