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STOREK & STOREK, INC. v. CITICORP REAL ESTATE, INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
A covenant of good faith and fair dealing cannot be implied to prohibit a lender from withholding loan funds as authorized by a loan agreement, when...

US v. ALL FUNDS IN ACCOUNT NOS. 747.034/278

Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
Because the District Court for the District of Columbia has jurisdiction to order the forfeiture of property located in foreign countries, a civil...

RIGGS NAT'L CORP. & SUBSIDIARIES v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Banking Law, International Trade, Tax Law
Official tax receipts that a Brazilian bank submitted to the Brazilian government, on behalf of appellant U.S. bank, are entitled to the presumption...

TRI-STATE EMPLOYMENT SERV., INC. v. THE MOUNTBATTEN SURETY CO., INC.

Banking Law, Contracts
In a suit alleging breach of a payment bond, the question, whether under New York law a professional employer organization is a proper claimant under...

MITCHELL v. AM. FAIR CREDIT ASS'N, INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A credit services organization may not modify its membership contract to require arbitration and preclude class relief, simply by notifying members by...

HEATON v. MONOGRAM CREDIT CARD BANK OF GEORGIA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action alleging violations of Louisiana usury laws, because the FDIC was entitled to intervene, instant federal subject matter jurisdiction...

PFENNIG v. HOUSEHOLD CREDIT SERV., INC.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
An action for damages, alleging that credit companies failed to disclose a fee imposed for the extension of credit, was barred where defendants relied...

FLOWERS v. FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Military Law
A bank's production of financial records to the U.S. Army, pursuant to an unlawful subpoena (issued in a proceeding under Article 32 of the Uniform...

YOUNG v. EQUIFAX CREDIT INFO. SERV., INC.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for publication of defamatory credit information, res judicata is not a per se bar to a suit based on publications occurring after final...

JEM ENTER. v. WASHINGTON MUT. BANK, F.A.

Banking Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A lender was entitled to 1) receive and control disbursement of earthquake insurance proceeds, under the assignment provision of a deed of trust, and...