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ADMIRAL FIN. CORP. v. FED. DEPOSIT INS. CORP.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts
The Court of Federal Claims's dismissal of the FDIC for lack of standing in this Winstar-related action is affirmed based on the decision in Landmark...

CITIZENS BANK v. ALAFABCO, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A debt-restructuring agreement had a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce to make an arbitration provision in that agreement enforceable under...

BENEFICIAL NAT'L BANK v. ANDERSON

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
An action filed in state court, to recover damages from a national bank for allegedly charging excessive interest in violation of both the "common law...

YAMAMOTO v. BANK OF NEW YORK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
A court had discretion to modify the sequence of rescission events in a Truth In Lending Act claim, 15 U.S.C. section 1635, to assure that mortgage...

GEN. MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. UNION BANK & TRUST CO.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts
District court erred in 1) determining that defendant had an Arkansas Code Annotated Article 4 security interest in dishonored check proceeds superior...

GERBER v. KAYNE

Banking Law, Communications Law, Securities Law
In an appeal of settlement approval, the district court correctly deferred allocation of a judgment credit until after trial. The Private Securities...

STAHL v. US DEP'T OF AGRIC.

Agriculture, Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
7 U.S.C. Sec. 2001 unambiguously requires recapture of fifty percent of the appreciated value of farm property securing the loan upon the expiration...

KASKEL v. NORTHERN TRUST CO.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts
Plaintiff cannot recover damages for a bank's breach of contract through payment on a check to an unauthorized person where she was not harmed by the...

JESSUP v. PULASKI BANK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
An 18.5 percent interest rate charged on credit card balances was not usurious under 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1831u(f), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Fin....

LERNER v. FLEET BANK, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
Lack of RICO standing does not divest a district court of jurisdiction over the action because RICO standing, unlike other standing doctrines, is...