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In Re: Christine H. Lazarus

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Refusal to set aside a mortgage in a bankruptcy proceeding is vacated and remanded where: 1) there was a preferential transfer under 11 U.S.C. section...

Boyer v. Belavilas

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law
Order holding parents and children jointly and severally liable to repay money to the parents' bankruptcy estate, in an action by the bankruptcy...

Creditor's Comm. of Jumer's Castle Lodge, Inc. v. Jumer

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit to set aside a transaction that plaintiff-creditor claimed was fraudulent is affirmed where plaintiff did not...

Marina Funding Group, Inc. v. Peninsula Prop. Holdings, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
A judgment for plaintiff in an action involving multiple mortgage foreclosures is affirmed where the record supported a conclusion that defendant's...

In re: Vital Basics Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Drugs & Biotech
In a dispute between parties to a long-term marketing agreement involving nutritional/dietary supplements and health care services, an arbitration...

Ayes v. US Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Government Benefits, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of class action complaint alleging agency defendant violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Bankruptcy Code by refusing to fully...

Fibreboard Corp. v. Celotex Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment for defendant, and affirmance of bankruptcy court's determination that plaintiff could not bring a subrogation claim against defendant in...

Esopus Creek Value LP v. Hauf

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
A corporation's delinquency in its federal periodic reporting obligations does not necessarily deprive that corporation's common stockholders of the...

In re: First Alliance Mortgage Co.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a case arising from a "subprime" mortgage lender's bankruptcy and liquidation due to fraudulent lending practices, a district court's judgment is...

Stoppa v. Sussco, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Grant of motion to require compliance with a final judgment and denial of emergency motion for relief from final judgment are both affirmed in a suit...