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January 18, 2019
Nationstar Asks Fla. High Court To Revisit Attys' Fees Case
Nationstar Mortgage asked the Florida Supreme Court for clarification Friday on its recent reversal of a precedent-setting appeals court decision that said a mortgage holder could not invoke an attorneys' fees provision after prevailing in a foreclosure suit because the noteholder failed to establish standing.
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January 18, 2019
Trucking Broker, Texas Cucumber Co. Escape Legal Pickle
An Illinois appellate panel has cut loose a Texas cucumber producer and a trucking brokerage firm in a suit seeking to hold them partially responsible for a woman’s severe injuries from a collision with a big rig contracted to haul cucumbers, saying the companies’ legal exposure ended when the produce was delivered.
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January 18, 2019
Texas Justices Take Up Permian Basin Lease Ownership Row
The question of whether an appeals court can overrule a contract dispute settlement between two oil companies that traded $3 million in potential damages for a 25 percent working interest in Permian Basin oil and gas leases will come before the Texas Supreme Court next month.
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January 18, 2019
Justices Won't Hear Arguments In Citizenship Question Case
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear oral arguments over evidentiary disputes in a case related to the Trump administration's inclusion of a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census, according to a Friday docket entry.
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January 18, 2019
6th Circ. Won't Rethink Decision On CWA's Reach
A split Sixth Circuit has said it will not review a panel’s decision concluding the Clean Water Act does not regulate pollutants that travel from a source to navigable waters through groundwater.
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