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US v. Bowling

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for bank fraud are affirmed where: 1) the government did not need to prove that bank officers' conduct had not...

Anderson v. Wachovia Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In African-American plaintiffs' suit against Wachovia under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 and various state law claims, claiming that certain conditions...

US v. Bennett

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, White Collar Crime
Defendant's bank fraud conviction is vacated where, given that the government did not argue that defendant defrauded a financial institution, and that...

Allied Maritime, Inc. v. Descatrade SA

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Trade
An order vacating the process of maritime attachment and garnishment issued on April 15, 2009 attaching defendant's assets to secure a putative...

Force Framing, Inc. v. Chinatrust Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-lender for a bonded stop notice, trial court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment because...

Lechoslaw v. Bank of America

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In plaintiff's suit against a bank for damages, claiming that a four-and-a-half month delay in receiving his $31,787.34 disrupted the construction of...

Metavante Corp. v. Emigrant Savings Bank

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit for breach of contract against defendant-bank for nonpayment of fees under the parties' Technology Outsourcing Agreement, judgment...

Jefferson State Bank v. Lenk

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an estate administrator's suit against a bank to recover money as a result of unauthorized transactions, approximately two years before she was...

Paloian v. Lasalle Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a debtor-hospital's trustee's action to recover, as fraudulent conveyances, some loan payments made during the last years before hospital entered...

Bank of Am., N.A. v. UMB Fin. Servs., Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Banking Law, Contracts
In an appeal from a series of orders in which the district court declined to compel plaintiff to submit to arbitration and declined to stay litigation...