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Fraudulent Inducement Involving Developer Deed Restrictions

In a prior blog post, we discussed the general concept of deed restrictions used by developers to control uses of a property and preserve value. As mentioned there, commercial deed restrictions are very often enforceable and upheld by courts. An example of such a commercial deed restriction would be an exclusive right to sell chicken …

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Partition of Mobile Homes and Other Personal Property in Texas

Partition lawsuits, or lawsuits to divide the ownership of a piece of jointly owned property, occur most frequently in Texas in the context of jointly owned real estate. Section 23.001 of the Texas Property Code gives a co-owner of a home, a plot of land, or other real property the right to petition a court …

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LLC Citizenship and Diversity Jurisdiction

Establishing Citizenship for Purposes of Diversity Jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction is one of two methods for a federal court to have subject-matter jurisdiction over a case. If a defendant wants to remove its state case to federal court, unless federal question jurisdiction is established, the defendant will be required to show diversity jurisdiction. Diversity jurisdiction has …

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