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U.S. v. Sayer

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Judgment of the district court in a tax case involving a farm is vacated insofar as it includes foreclosure of the property and remanded for dismissal...

Smith v. Continental Cas. Co.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA denial of benefits case, a judgment for defendants upholding a decision of plaintiff's plan administrator which denied her claim for short...

Anglo Am. Sec. Fund, L.P. v. S.R. Global Int'l Fund, L.P.

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from the interpretation of a limited partnership agreement and certain alleged duties existing between limited and general...

Laws v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from arbitration proceedings involving defendant's attempted recovery of a deficient margin account, denial of plaintiff's motion...

Citizens Nat'l Bank in Waxahachie v. Scott

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In a case involving a suit over the alleged nonpayment of a promissory note, a court of appeals' reversal of a judgment in favor of a bank is reversed...

Nunnally v. Equifax Information Serv., LLC

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an interlocutory appeal, the Fair Credit Reporting Act does not require disclosure of the complete customer file after a reinvestigation, and the...

In re: Oakwood Homes Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
The language used in 11 U.S.C. section 502(b) does not clearly and unambiguously require discounting an interest-bearing obligation to present value...

U.S. v. Brisson

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Sentence for financial fraud and filing fraudulent tax returns is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in its grouping of the various counts since...

Global Heir & Asset Locators, Inc. v. First NLC Fin. Servs., LLC

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Debt Collection, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a dispute over recovery of excess funds deposited in the registry of a court in a mortgage foreclosure case, an assessment of fees and a fine...

Home Loan Corp. v. Aza

Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of third amended complaint against a corporate officer is reversed and remanded where the officer may be held personally liable for her own...