CASALICCHIO v. BOKF, N.A.

No. 19-20246.

951 F.3d 672 (2020)

Guilherme CASALICCHIO, Plaintiff-Appellant v. BOKF, N.A., doing business as Bank of Texas; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, doing business as Freddie Mac, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira D. Joffe , Bellaire, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Piper Willhite Turner , Attorney, Frederic Dorward Lawyers , Tulsa, OK, William P. Huttenbach , Shareholder, Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee BOKF, N.A.

Mark D. Hopkins , Shelley Luan Hopkins , Hopkins Law, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, Crystal G. Gibson , Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner & Engel, L.L.P., Addison, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


Under Texas law, "the terms set out in a deed of trust must be strictly followed." Univ. Sav. Ass'n v. Springwoods Shopping Ctr., 644 S.W.2d 705, 706 (Tex. 1982). In this case, we are asked to decide just how strictly. The appellant, Guilherme Casalicchio, requests...

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