United States Third Circuit

A mortgage does not qualify for the anti-modification protection afforded by 11 U.S.C. section 1322(b)(2) when it is secured by rents and an escrow fund for insurance and taxes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2004
• Decided 03/18/2005
• Published 03/18/2005

Judges

• Before RENDELL and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and YOHN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert B. Farrington [Argued], Law Office of Frank J. Martone, Bloomfield, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas E. Shields [Argued], Wayne, NJ, for Appellee.