all - Opinion Summaries

IN THE MATTER OF CPDC, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
Defendants timely cured alleged violations of the Texas usury statute, which affords a creditor 60 days to cure from the date when the creditor...

AUTO. FIN. CORP. v. SMART AUTO CTR., INC.

Debt Collection
An award for the balance of loans and costs associated with a collection action against a used car dealer is affirmed, and an equitable estoppel...

NEWTON v. CLEMONS

Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking an order expunging a county's hospital lien on plaintiff's settlement, the trial court should have expunged a portion of the...

TURNER v. J.V.D.B. & ASSOCS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1692e, it was error for the district court to treat as determinative a debt...

TDK ELECS. CORP. v. DREIMAN

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
In a collection proceeding under FRCP 69, a 1985 order entered by a magistrate was clear enough to be enforced, and references to costs did not make...

MILLER v. WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P.

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Summary dismissal reversed on plaintiff's claim that plaintiffs violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending debt collection letters...

PINSON v. COLE

Contracts, Debt Collection, Family Law
Where a creditor did not sue to enforce a promissory note within one year of its breach, he waived his rights to collect from the signatory's...

VEACH v. SHEEKS

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Court costs and attorney's fees are not a component of a "debt" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and a mailed notice misrepresented the...

THOMPSON v. MASTERCARD INT'L, INC.

Banking Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Debt Collection
A lawsuit, alleging RICO violations by credit card companies and web sites arising from online gambling operations, was properly dismissed where...

THOMPSON v. MASTERCARD INT'L, INC.

Banking Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Debt Collection
A lawsuit, alleging RICO violations by credit card companies and web sites arising from online gambling operations, was properly dismissed where...