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US v. Peterson

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution of defendants, who subsidized down payments to home buyers and then submitted misleading gift letters to HUD falsely stating that a...

Winget v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action against defendant-JP Morgan raising claims of breach of guaranty and pledge agreements and requests for declaratory judgments, dismissal...

Suess v. US

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, M&A
In a shareholder derivative suit claiming that the government breached a contract with a savings and loan association guaranteeing certain accounting...

US Sec. & Exch. Comm. v. Lyttle

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Remedies, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a civil fraud case alleging that defendants sold nonexistent bank-issued securities, imposition of monetary penalties against defendants is...

Great Plains Real Estate Dev., L.L.C. v. Union Cent. Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contract dispute between a borrower and lender, summary judgment for lender is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly found that a...

In Re: Graupner

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
In a bankruptcy case raising the issue of whether the anti-bifurcation provision in the hanging paragraph of Title 11 protects against "cramdown" of...

Rendall v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Banking Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
A decision assessing petitioners-taxpayers a deficiency of over $250,000 in their income tax is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly...

Welch v. Chao

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Petition for review of a ruling finding that petitioner's discharge by respondent-employer did not violate the whistleblower protection provision of...

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Denial of several nonresident defendants' motions to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) by...

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Denial of several nonresident defendants' motions to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) by...