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Great Plains Trust Co. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Debt Collection, Transportation
In a class action against a railroad alleging breach of contract, fraud, and unjust enrichment on account of its failure to make a required year's...

In re: Am. Wagering, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Gaming Law
In bankruptcy proceedings involving a claim against a bankrupt corporation by a former business consultant to bankruptcy debtors, a court of appeals...

Morris v. Hicks

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
An order reversing a decision of the bankruptcy court that granted bankruptcy trustee's complaint for lien avoidance is reversed where a bankruptcy...

In re: Myers

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, Sanctions
Dismissal of a bankruptcy case as having been filed in bad faith and other rulings are affirmed over claims that: 1) a bankruptcy court abused its...

US v. Ridgeway

Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Sentencing
In proceedings involving defendant's effort to set aside a lien and to prohibit the government's further collection efforts on behalf of the Louisiana...

Gonzales & Gonzales Bonds & Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Contracts, Government Law, Immigration Law
An order transferring immigration bond agency's claims against the government to the United States Court of Federal Claims is vacated where the...

Lozano v. Ocwen Fed. Bank, FSB

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising claims challenging defendant-bank's foreclosure of plaintiffs' home in Texas, summary judgment for the bank is affirmed in part...

Discover Bank v. Vaden

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In case arising from defendant's failure to pay a credit card balance and one plaintiff suing her in state court, resulting in defendant's...

Emerald Investors Trust v. Gaunt Parsippany Partners

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In the context of a diversity of citizenship jurisdiction inquiry, the citizenship of both the trustee and the beneficiary should control in...

In re: Barrett

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Health Law
An order discharging Chapter 7 bankruptcy debtor's student loan debts on the basis of "undue hardship" pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 523(a) is...