5th Circuit Refuses To Reopen Couple’s Suit Over Loan’s Constitutionality

Mealey's (June 28, 2019, 1:43 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 26 denied a Texas couple’s request to reopen their action accusing a lender of violating the Texas Constitution by conducting loan closing proceedings in their home, holding that the plaintiffs were unable to show an extraordinary circumstance under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) (John Priester Jr., et al. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., et al., No. 18-40127, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19059)....