A federalist paper –

From publishing 600Camp about the Fifth Circuit, I have learned that as a result of the Erie doctrine, a substantial body of federal precedent addresses state-law issues, especially the contract and tort issues that commonly arise in homeowner wrongful foreclosure cases. Conversely, Texas courts have created a body of state authority about federal-law issues. Neither system’s intermediate court opinions bind the other, leading occasionally to a case like Osadon v. C&N Renovation Inc., in which the Dallas Court of Appeals declined to follow a Fifth Circuit opinion on a point of bankruptcy law, concluding (along with several other courts outside the Circuit) that the text of the relevant Code section dictated a different result. No. 05-17-00453-CV (May 9, 2018) (mem. op.)