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Blawgito Ergo Sum: June 2015

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Musings of a Philology School Dropout who still loves words, not to mention meaningful concatenations thereof. Saturday, June 13, 2015. A "will contest" when a person dies intestate, i.e. without a will? Can you have a will contest when a person dies intestate, i.e. without a will? A WILL CONTEST WITHOUT A WILL. Or perhaps the perceived exigency of having to quash the posthumous claim of a common-law marriage of the gay kind was so pressing that there was no time to actually look at the pleadings. Th...

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Houston Courts & Cases: 9/7/14 - 9/14/14

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Houston Courts and Cases. Thursday, September 11, 2014. Ex-Judge Denise Pratt (non) news - Sanctions pronouncement by State Commission on Judicial Conduct "with all deliberate speed". The pdf version of the sanctions order, issued September 4, 2014, can be found at http:/ www.scjc.state.tx.us/pdf/actions/FY2015-PUBSANC.pdf. Here is a text verbatim (it a rather tedious read). . The bottom line: A Public Reprimand. Its hardly big news now. . STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT. HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEX...

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Houston Courts & Cases: Massengale vs. Lehrmann: Primary-campaigner for Supreme Bench Takes Aim at Alleged Judicial Legislator

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Houston Courts and Cases. Thursday, June 25, 2015. Massengale vs. Lehrmann: Primary-campaigner for Supreme Bench Takes Aim at Alleged Judicial Legislator. Conservativer than thou . Challenger paints incumbent Texas Supreme Court Justice Debra Lehrmann as Liberal, not to mention as a Leftist Legislator. And will fight to keep it. Massengale's announcement: He does not mention Opponent. Is a judicial contest in which the Republican primary electorate will ultimately render judgment, and there won't be any ...

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Houston Courts & Cases: 12/28/14 - 1/4/15

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Houston Courts and Cases. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Tony's restaurant company sued for having churchgoers' cars towed. Tony's Vallone's restaurant company sued over tow of cars parked by Lakewood Church worshipers at his restaurant in Greenway Plaza on a Sunday. In addition to naming the restaurant company, the plaintiffs bring claims against Meyerland Collision and Towing, Inc. and Apple Towing. Tony Vallone is named in the petition as agent for service, and is not being sued as an individual. The law...

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Houston Courts & Cases: Simien v Unifund's shaky premise - U.S. Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) enforcement action against Chase Bank punctures presumption of trustworthiness of credit card debt records established by Houston Court of Appeals in 2010

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Houston Courts and Cases. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Simien v Unifund's shaky premise - U.S. Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) enforcement action against Chase Bank punctures presumption of trustworthiness of credit card debt records established by Houston Court of Appeals in 2010. The Comptroller of the Currency. Has now fined Chase Bank $30 million dollars for robosigning and other less than kosher debt collection practices that have been known for years. See July 8, 2015 Press release here. This is how t...

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Blawgito Ergo Sum: Blogito Ergo Sum

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Musings of a Philology School Dropout who still loves words, not to mention meaningful concatenations thereof. Friday, June 28, 2013. Not that I ever actually read Descartes' exposition on the essence of the human being and the ramifications of being endowed with the capacity to think. But when faced with the self-inflicted choice to brand my future contributions to what was then not even called the cloud, and to send off. I thought Blogito Ergo Sum. Was not only fitting, but witty. So there you have it:...

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Blawgito Ergo Sum: February 2015

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Musings of a Philology School Dropout who still loves words, not to mention meaningful concatenations thereof. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Who and What is a Justice in Texas? On judge and justice as occupational categories (commentary). WHAT IS A JUSTICE? The term justice also refers to a person, one cloaked with governmental power of the third-branch variety, and that is a more amenable subject for a short blog post. MULTI-LAYERED JUSTICE - JUSTICES IN VARIOUS CLOAKS AND GUISES. They are judges. B...

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Blawgito Ergo Sum: Who and What is a Justice in Texas? ... On judge & justice as occupational categories (commentary)

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Musings of a Philology School Dropout who still loves words, not to mention meaningful concatenations thereof. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Who and What is a Justice in Texas? On judge and justice as occupational categories (commentary). WHAT IS A JUSTICE? The term justice also refers to a person, one cloaked with governmental power of the third-branch variety, and that is a more amenable subject for a short blog post. MULTI-LAYERED JUSTICE - JUSTICES IN VARIOUS CLOAKS AND GUISES. They are judges. B...

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Blawgito Ergo Sum: July 2013

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Musings of a Philology School Dropout who still loves words, not to mention meaningful concatenations thereof. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. A quantum of merit - Say what? Quantum of Solace, Quantum of Merit, and Quantum Meruit. Quantum meruit translates from Latin to modern English as ‘the amount that is deserved’, - the amount referring to money, and the basis for the deserving being the work done, and - in the case of a law suit asserting a quantum meruit. Claim - not paid for. Quantum of this or that.

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Blawgito Ergo Sum: A quantum of merit -- Say what?

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Musings of a Philology School Dropout who still loves words, not to mention meaningful concatenations thereof. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. A quantum of merit - Say what? Quantum of Solace, Quantum of Merit, and Quantum Meruit. Quantum meruit translates from Latin to modern English as ‘the amount that is deserved’, - the amount referring to money, and the basis for the deserving being the work done, and - in the case of a law suit asserting a quantum meruit. Claim - not paid for. Quantum of this or that.