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Killingsworth v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
An amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) eliminating private rights of action has an impermissible retroactive effect when applied to FCRA...

In re: Cohen

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In an appeal arising from an adversary complaint in bankruptcy proceedings alleging that a loan to debtor was not dischargeable in bankruptcy, summary...

Green v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Debt Collection, Tax Law
A tax court's decision finding that petitioner failed to accurately report his income and took improper deductions, and sustaining an assessment of...

In The Matter Of: Ahern Enters. Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case, a judgment in favor of mortgage-holder holding that appellant's judgment lien was voided during the bankruptcy proceeding is...

Scenic Holding, LLC v. New Bd. of Trs. of the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Evidence, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought against defendant-church trustee board seeking to collect on a note executed by the board and to foreclose a mortgage on property...

Rosewood Care Center v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Contracts, Debt Collection
In a suit seeking reimbursement of skilled nursing care services provided to defendant's employee, reversal of the dismissal of the complaint is...

In the Matter of: Dorsey

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Remedies
In a matter in which appellant-creditor brought an adversary complaint against a bankruptcy debtor seeking to deny the debtor's discharge or to hold...

Evory v. RJM Acquisitions Funding LLC

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a consolidation of four suits under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, one decision is affirmed and the remaining three reversed and remanded...

Peoples Bank v. Bryan Bros. Cattle Co.

Agriculture, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case brought to determine ownership of cattle and whether two contesting banks held a security interest in them, summary judgment for the buyer...

Williams v. OCI Educ. Servs., Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a suit against a credit collection agency under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, summary judgment for the defendant is affirmed where a...