United States Fourth Circuit

District court's holdings, that default judgment obtained against a provider of trustee service was void and that the judgment in favor of plaintiff was unenforceable, are vacated where the lower court had subject matter jurisdiction to enter the default, and although the district court entered judgment against a putative class that plaintiff was a part of, plaintiff could still enforce the default judgment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/26/2005
• Decided 03/30/2006
• Published 03/30/2006

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John Francis Bloss, Sr., Clark, Bloss & Wall, P.L.L.C., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Bradley Reed Johnson, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Allan R. Gitter, Ronald R. Davis, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.