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NEFF v. CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS & MGMT. CO.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
District court properly dismissed claims brought under the Truth in Lending Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Purchasers of delinquent...

LILES v. AM. CORRECTIVE

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
Request for permission to take an interlocutory appeal from an order preliminary approving a settlement agreement and making a conditional class...

WAGH v. METRIS DIRECT, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
The district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed where the court properly concluded that plaintiff had failed to plead his RICO...

JOHN HANCOCK FIN. SERV., INC. v. OLD KENT BANK

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a case involving claims of common law conversion, UCC statutory conversion, and negligence, 1) the district court properly declined to apply UCC...

FRIEDMAN v. HEART INST. OF PORT ST. LUCIE, INC.

Debt Collection, Remedies
In a case involving the Florida Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (FUFTA), dependent FUFTA claims should not automatically be stayed, and any motion...

MONTGOMERY v. HUNTINGTON BANK

Debt Collection
In an action arising out a car repression, the district court's dismissal affirmed where plaintiff lacked standing under the Fair Debt Collection...

CYGNUS TELECOMMS. TECH., LLC v. TOTALAXCESS.COM, INC.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the terms of a patent suit settlement agreement were incorporated in the district court's judgment and dismissal order, the district court had...

IN RE: OAKLEY

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
U.S. currency is "intangible" personal property within the meaning of an Indiana statute that places some of the property of a bankrupt or other...

WOODLIFF v. CALIFORNIA INS. GUAR. ASS'N

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) is required to pay the claim of an insured of an insolvent insurer when the claim is based upon a...

IN RE GARRAN

Asset Forfeiture, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Chapter 7 debtor is not entitled to claim both his $300,000 exemption as a disabled person, pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 188, section 1A, and...