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Koch v. Compucredit Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a putative class action claiming that defendants-purported assignees of a creditor violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and...

US v. Gianelli

Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law, Sentencing
In a case challenging a 2007 order to pay restitution originally ordered in a 1987 conviction, judgment for the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) California...

In Re: Willett

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case, grant of debtor's motion to avoid a lien on their residence is reversed and remanded where for the purposes of a motion to avoid...

In re: Sandoval

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In the context of bankruptcy law, 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(7) does not render nondischargeable a debt incurred by a debtor who has guaranteed a bail...

Craig v. Ontario Corp.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Securities Law
In a debt-collection action in which plaintiff sought payment of promissory notes issued by defendant-employer when it repurchased shares of its...

Pleasants v. Am. Express Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action alleging that American Express defendants violated the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) by issuing preloaded, stored-value cards...

Cadles of Grassy Meadows II, LLC v. Goldner

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection
Dismissal of a debt-collection action as time-barred is affirmed where a state statute tolling the limitations period against out-of-state defendants...

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., v. Siegel

Agriculture, Contracts, Debt Collection
In an action to collect a debt defendant-farmer owed to a third party through its grain-marketing program, which debt was subsequently acquired by...

Laborers' Pension Fund v. Pavement Maint., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Debt Collection
In proceedings to collect a money judgment against defendant, an order requiring a third party which was indebted to defendant to turn over funds...

PW Enterprises v. North Dakota Racing Commission

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In a bankruptcy matter, denial of appellant's motion for derivative standing is reversed and remanded where: 1) creditor (or creditor's committee) may...