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Dennis v. BEH-1, LLC

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Landlord Tenant Law
In a suit brought against Experian alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1)...

Courtney v. Halleran

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a suit to recover funds lost after a Savings & Loan failure, the district court's judgment is affirmed where: 1) the court properly denied the...

Dowling v. Chicago Options Assocs., Inc.

Contracts, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a judgement based on breach of contract, a turnover order issued to the law firm Piper Rudnick for monies deposited with that firm by defendant is...

Gillespie v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the defendant's...

Revis v. Meldrum

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against persons and entities involved in executing certain writs of execution against plaintiff, it was...

Amalgamated Bank v. Superior Ct. (Corinthian Homes)

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The standard for deciding whether to issue a writ of mandate vacating a postjudgment expungement order is whether a petitioner-s real property claim...

Fireside Bank v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a class action brought against a bank arising out of certain debt collection attempts, a court of appeals' judgment denying bank's challenge to a...

US v. Fairway Capital Corp

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a suit involving possessory and monetary claims over unsold timeshare units on an island in the Virgin Islands, the district court's affirmation of...

Duran v. Americredit Fin. Servs., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In bankruptcy proceedings which arose after defendant-lienholder instituted a state court replevin action to recover possession of a truck it had...

Wood v. Stratos Prod. Dev., LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In the bankruptcy context and the "ordinary course of business" exception to the prohibition on preferential transfers, when the transaction at issue...