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FG Hemisphere Assocs., LLC v. Democratic Republic of Congo

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a Rule 60(b) motion to quash an execution order involving attempts to execute a default judgment against dwellings owned by the Democratic...

Beyer v. Firstar Bank N.A.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
Summary judgment for defendant-bank on plaintiff's claims that it violated Iowa law when it reported the status of his credit card account to a...

Gulfcoast Workstation Corp. v. Peltz

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In a chapter 11 bankruptcy case, judgment for a court-appointed plan administrator in his adversary proceeding seeking to avoid certain alleged...

Lee v. Spellings

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, a previous opinion and judgment for plaintiff holding that a time limit in the Debt Collection Act barred the...

Goldman v. Cohen

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Consumer debt collector's initiation of a lawsuit in state court seeking recovery of unpaid rent is an "initial communication" within the meaning of...

Franklin Fin., Inc. v. White

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
A judgment creditor may rerecord a judgment even after the original judgment lien has expired. In a dispute between a judgment lien holder and a...

JP Morgan Chase Bank v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
A trial court's distribution of surplus proceeds in a foreclosure action is reversed where the trial court should have vacated the distribution order...

Carnes v. Fender

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit seeking to collect on an award of damages in an underlying suit involving alleged breach of an employment...

Lindsay v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am.

Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for insurers in a declaratory action regarding coverage of a judgment in a wrongful death suit is affirmed where one policy at issue...

Kelly v. Great Seneca Fin. Corp

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Evidence
An appeal from an order denying defendants, among other things, the defense of absolute witness and advocacy immunity in an action concerning unfair...