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In the Matter of: SI Restructuring, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In a bankruptcy case, a bankruptcy court's order granting a plan administrator's motion authorizing disbursal of a reserve fund is vacated and...

Hong Kong Electro-Chemical Works, Ltd. v. Less

Debt Collection, International Trade
In a debt-collection action, denial of a motion to set aside plaintiffs' allegedly fraudulent conveyance of a house in order to avoid creditors is...

Campbell v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit accusing defendant of filing a claim attempting to collect a pre-petition debt in violation of an automatic stay in plaintiffs' Chapter 13...

In re: Porter

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rights, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
In a bankruptcy case, a ruling excepting from discharge a judgment debt that appellee had obtained against debtor in an employment retaliation case is...

JCB, Inc. v. Union Planters Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action against defendant-bank seeking a declaratory judgment and damages for trespass and conversion for unilateral removal and sale of...

In re: Hamilton

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
11 U.S.C. section 524(a) makes a state-court judgment void ab initio when entered against a debtor whose dischargeable debts have been discharged.

Barany-Snyder v. Weiner

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a case arising out of a state court debt collection action brought by defendants against plaintiff, alleging that defendants engaged in improper...

Rosenau v. Unifund Corp.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a class action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) alleging that defendant sent deceptive debt-collection letters, judgment for...

In the Matter of: N A Flash Found. Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Construction, Debt Collection, Remedies
In a bankruptcy case, refusal to avoid transfers made by debtor to one of its creditors just prior to its bankruptcy filing is affirmed where under...

Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's (FDCPA) bona fide error defense applies to mistakes of law, and is not limited to procedural or clerical...