Trump sues CBS for $10 Billion over “deceptive editing” of Harris interview

[superrific]

I don't think it's unusual at all for a federal court to interpret and/or apply the law of a state outside its circuit. I see that all the time -- Florida federal courts applying Delaware or New York law, NC federal courts applying California law, etc. It may not be that common with SLAAP laws -- I can't remember seeing that off the top of my head. But I don't think it's uncommon for, say courts in the Fifth and Tenth Circuits to interpret Delaware law at least somewhat inconsistently.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about NY law which is applied everywhere. I've not had much visibility or interest in DE law applied in federal court, except the Third Circuit. I did used to teach one case applying DE law in CA federal court but those aren't common -- or at least decisions in those cases aren't common. Maybe they typically settle.

 

[mynameisbond]

Also I find it hard to believe that even Kacsmaryk will go so far as to sanction a theory that someone suffers monetary damages from failing to be elected president. It should be newsworthy in its own right that Trump is basically saying that being president is worth ten billion dollars to him.

By the way - go ask all those MAGAs who scream about "fiscal responsibility" how much time and resources from the state and federal court systems Trump and his team are willing to burn through just to satisfy Trump's personal ego that won't let him admit he legitimately lost anything in his life.

Not to mention “weaponizing the justice system” complainers.
This is blatantly frivolous. The Texas state bar association should look into sanctions against the licenses of the attorneys who filed pleadings without any basis in the law or good faith argument for extension thereof.

 

[Calheel]

lol, that's great. What's their basis for not applying it?

Haven't researched the issue (other than I know it doesn't apply in federal court), but my best guess would be that the 5th Circuit thinks the Texas anti-SLAPP law is simply "procedural" and state procedural laws don't apply in federal court.

 

[rodoheel]

Haven't researched the issue (other than I know it doesn't apply in federal court), but my best guess would be that the 5th Circuit thinks the Texas anti-SLAPP law is simply "procedural" and state procedural laws don't apply in federal court.

You're right:

Texas’ Anti-SLAPP Regime Does Not Apply in Federal Diversity Cases, Says the Fifth Circuit

A recent decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Klocke v. Watson, No. 17-11320 (August 23, 2019), appears to have answered a perennial jurisdictional question that had split federal district courts in Texas for several years: Are motions to dismiss pursuant to the Texas Citizens...

ogletree.com

 

[tarheelbillie]

Jesus Christ this man is unserious

Oh, he is serious. Seriously mentally unhinged. More serious…there is real chance he is going to again be heading the most influential nation on earth. Maybe worse, Jethro D Vance could be just an old heartbeat away from presidency. And that’s potential calamity for mankind…surely for democracy.

So…Here we go!!

 

[nycfan]