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20 Nov, 2006 7:02 am
... years we've been huge fans of Judith Edith H. Jones.
She had a reputation as a tough, smart, conservative judge. She was known as as a badass of the bench, ... much said it all. (See here, hottie #3.) (The high-powered Judge
Jones was also a recurring Supreme Court short-lister -- so frequent a SCOTUS mention, ... federal judicial portraits. Sorry!) In addition, we
had the chance to observe Judge Jones up close, while she was in the audience of the final panel of the conference -- a magnificent shouting
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16 Nov 8:46 pm
... Dean Paul G. Mahoney, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law, University of Virginia
School of Law Hon. Annette L. Nazareth, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Moderator: Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit A quick and dirty write-up, ... Public Policy] FedSoc LiveBlog:
Showcase Panel III: Regulation of Financial Institutions featuring Judge Jones, Hon. Paul Atkins and Paul Mahoney [Josh Blackman's Blog]
Earlier: ...
3 Aug, 2008 1:23 am
... no majority in support of granting en banc review, but there were several dissenters. Chief Judge Edith H. Jones, joined by four of her colleagues, issued a brief dissent, noting, among other things, that 5th ircuit
rules forbid ... Finally, there was an additional very brief dissenting opinion by Judge Jennifer W. Elrod, who, in addition to agreeing with Judge Jones that the panel had violated an established circuit rule for dealing with precedent, also seemed in her cryptic statement to be taking ...
14 Jan 1:55 pm
... who sits in the Southern District of Texas. In an order signed on Jan. 9, 5th Circuit Chief Judge Edith H. Jones granted a motion filed by Cathy McBroom, Kent's former case manager, seeking reconsideration of the
sanctions ... returned against Kent on Jan. 6, along with "any supplemental investigation needed on the misconduct alleged in the original indictment." Jones wrote that the judicial council will "take such additional steps as are necessary to impose further sanctions in light of the result ...
13 Nov, 2007 4:02 am
... , Williams and at least three other women later gave statements to 5th Circuit investigators regarding Kent's alleged abuse of employees. Judge Edith H. Jones, chief judge for the 5th Circuit, has refused comment on
the investigation, referring the Chronicle to the reprimand, which includes no specifics. On the Monday after the March 23 incident, McBroom put all the details of her allegations in a
written request ...
18 Jan, 2007 12:05 pm
... be vacated for 'evident partiality,' 9 U.S.C. §10(a)(2), where an arbitrator failed to disclose a prior professional association with a member of one of the law firms that engaged
him." So begins the en banc majority opinion, written by Chief Judge Edith H. Jones, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today. By a vote of 11-5, the court has answered that question in the negative. The lead
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17 Aug, 2007 7:44 pm
... a 76-page decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today. Chief Judge Edith
H. Jones issued the lead opinion, holding that the Secretary of the Interior lacked the authority to
promulgate the regulations at issue. Circuit Judge Carolyn Dineen King concurred in the judgment in a separate opinion. And Circuit Judge James L. Dennis issued a lengthy and spirited
dissenting ...
11 Nov, 2007 10:00 pm
... attorney -- Maria Wyckoff Boyce of Baker & Botts -- has refused all requests for interviews and referred all questions to the Fifth Circuit. Judge Edith H. Jones, chief judge for the Fifth Circuit, has also refused
comment on the investigation. According to the Chronicle's account of McBroom's friend, the following is what McBroom told her occurred: McBroom was summoned to the judge's chambers on
Friday, March 23 ...
28 Nov, 2007 10:51 am
... Annual National Lawyers Convention on November 17, 2007. Panelists included Ms. Anne Canfield of the Consumer Mortgage Coalition, Mr. Alex J. Pollock of The American Enterprise
Institute, Mr. Allen Fishbein of the Consumer Federation of America, Mrs. Montrice Yakimov of the Office of Thrift Supervision, and Judge Edith
H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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29 Apr, 2008 3:45 am
... Act. The district court, after certifying the case as a class action, granted summary judgment to the defendants. The Fifth Circuit, per Chief Judge Edith H. Jones, affirmed. The documents that governed the ERISA plan, the
court noted, required a company stock fund as an available investment and mandated that the fund invest almost exclusively in the stock. The plan's terms thus compelled a presumption
that the fiduciaries acted ...
5 Dec, 2008 12:42 am
... lecture in Barbara's memory because of her enormous contributions as an active member, supporter, and volunteer leader. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson delivered the first
lecture in November 2001. The lecture series continued in following years with other notable individuals. In 2008, Judge Edith H. Jones of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered the lecture.
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24 Apr 9:20 am
... , Jr. takes a dim view of the litigation strategy that the Pacific Legal Foundation is employing in challenging a Texas law known as the Open Beaches Act. But the PLF appears to
have the last laugh at this juncture, as the majority -- in an opinion by Chief Judge Edith H.
Jones -- has reinstated one key aspect of the PLF-sponsored lawsuit in order to certify a question to the Supreme Court of Texas. Back in
September 2008, ...
27 Apr 7:15 am
... L. Wiener, Jr. takes a dim view of the litigation strategy that the Pacific Legal Foundation is employing in challenging a Texas law known as the Open Beaches Act. But the PLF
appears to have the last laugh at this juncture, as the majority -- in an opinion by Chief Judge Edith H. Jones -- has reinstated one key aspect of the PLF-sponsored lawsuit in order to certify a question to the Supreme
Court of Texas. And this post on ...
30 Jul 12:24 pm
... have noted their dissent, issued in the case captioned United States v. James Ford Seale. In her dissent from today's certification order, Chief Judge Edith H. Jones writes: Although the certification falls within the
permissible scope of Sup. Ct. Rule 19, it is not worth this busy court's time or that of the also-busy Supreme Court to pursue that path. The likelihood of the Court's accepting
certification, ...
20 Nov 9:52 am
... Hon. Paul S. Atkins of the Congressional Oversight Panel and former U.S. SEC Commissioner; Ms. Stephanie R. Breslow of Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP; Dean Paul G. Mahoney of the
University of Virginia School of Law; Hon. Annette L. Nazareth of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; and Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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8 Feb, 2007 9:54 am
... . I think I spent most of college and law school being an Anglophile and grudging Francophone, watching BBC America and listening to Edith
Piaf. It's funny how the tides turn--how rebellion turns on itself. Just as I'm now a better daughter/sister/aunt than I ever could ... as a punkass quasi ex-pat, and yes, we have
culture. Yes to bluegrass by Gillian Welch and Allison Krauss, to George Jones and Loretta Lynn, to Tom Waits and to The Jayhawks' Rainy Day
Music. I can't for the life of me figure ...
21 Mar, 2007 3:40 am
... a copy of the full text of the bill online (unheard of in today's internet world), but a summary of H.R. 8410 of the 95th Congress is here.
What was being proposed then may sound very familiar to those following the ... with lifetime appointments would continue their central role on the bench long after his presidential
term expired. As an example, two judges still on active status on the 5th Circuit, Chief Judge Edith Jones and Judge Jerry Smith, were both associates at big firms in Houston when I ...
28 Sep, 2007 11:31 pm
... & Botts to represent him. My sense is that the brevity of the Judicial Council's order indicates that the panel expects further litigation over the allegetions. Fifth Circuit
Chief Judge Edith Jones, who is not one to take such matters lightly, signed the order and wrote that
a Special ... was ordered to transfer all cases from his court that were handled by his best friend." H'mm. Wonder if that had any impact on
this recent settlement (see background here)? Update: ...
1 Oct, 2007 12:43 pm
... Park, Jonesboro, Lake City, Lovejoy, Morrow and Riverdale. Clinch County Includes the cities of Cogdell, Council, Dupont, Edith, Fargo,
Homerville, Sirmans, Thelma and Withers. Cobb County Includes the cities of Acworth, Austell, Kennesaw, Marietta, ... , Stapleton, Wadley and Wrens. Jenkins County Includes the city of
Millen. Johnson County Includes the cities of Kite and Wrightsville. Jones County Includes the city of Gray. K L Lamar County Includes the
cities of Aldora, Barnesville and Milner. ...
18 Oct, 2008 12:21 am
... resume includes a post at the U.S. Justice Department's office of legal counsel, where he was involved in advising President George H. W.
Bush, the attorney general, and other executive department heads. (Call it a sign of the times, but that was left out of the press release announcing the office). Coming with a
recommendation from Judge Edith Jones of the Fifth Circuit in Houston, where both Grant and Thomas
had at different times clerked, Grant has worked as on-the- ...
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