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SCHWAB v. GMAC MORTGAGE CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The lien of a mortgage was not affected by the fact that the notary public's embossed seal was not visible in the acknowledgment on the document filed...

IN RE: SOUTHWESTERN GLASS CO., INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy court did not err in finding proceeds from line of credit were debtor's property and subject to garnishment under Arkansas law. Proceeds...

CARNEY v. PHILIPPONE

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Legal Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Collateral estoppel does not bar relitigation of a bankruptcy court's determination that plaintiffs had lost their right of redemption before they...

IN THE MATTER OF: SCHOONOVER

Bankruptcy Law, Judgement Enforcement
Bank account funds were not exempt from creditors under Illinois law, and a lienholder's objection to the claim of exemption was timely under 11...

IN RE: HARLESTON

Bankruptcy Law
The California Board of Equalization waived its sovereign immunity by filing a proof of claim in a previous bankruptcy proceeding, thus the debt to...

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...

IN RE: LAMPE

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A wife had an ownership interest in farm equipment, so that she was entitled to a "tools of the trade" exemption from a bankruptcy estate for the...

BANK OF AM. v. MOGLIA

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Assets of a "rabbi trust," created by a corporation or other institution for the benefit of an executive, are excluded from a security interest where...

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...

IN RE: HOFFINGER INDUS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in annulling an automatic stay, in order to rehabilitate a notice of appeal filed in a state court by...