all - Opinion Summaries

FDIC, as receiver for R-G Premier Bank v. Estrada-Rivera

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
Summary judgment for plaintiff in a collection action stemming from defendants' default on a $700,000 loan, and dismissal of defendants' counterclaim...

Dorchester Financial Securities, Inc. v. Banco BRJ, S.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging breach of contract and fraud for lack of personal jurisdiction is vacated and remanded, where: 1) as here,...

Lemelson v. U.S. Bank National Association

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiffs' action, brought under the Massachusetts try title statute, seeking an order invalidating an assignment of the mortgage loan...

Zadrozny v. Bank of New York Mellon

Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a complaint in which plaintiffs alleged that defendants improperly initiated non-judicial foreclosure proceedings after plaintiffs failed...

In re: Griffin

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's decision that a bank, by providing a copy of a copy of the promissory note with respect to which the bank sought...

In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of claims brought by trustee, who was appointed pursuant to the Securities Investor Protection Act, on behalf of the debtor, Bernie Madoff...

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Cashion

Banking Law, Contracts
Summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff acting as receiver for The Bank of Asheville (Bank), in an action by plaintiff to recover the deficiency...

Macera v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys., Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Banking Law, Civil Procedure
In one of the cases described in In re: Mortgage Foreclosure, where it was held that the district court erred in issuing an injunction, the case is...

Fryzel v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys., Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Banking Law, Civil Procedure
In consolidated cases brought by plaintiffs, defaulted mortgagors of Rhode Island real estate, to prevent foreclosure or eviction, on the shared...

Gaia House Mezz LLC v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In dispute involving the parties' mezzanine loan agreement, the district court's judgment finding defendant unlawfully demanded approximately $4.5...