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Schaaf v. Residential Funding Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Securities Law
In an action brought by certain investors asserting violations of the Minnesota Consumer Fraud Act (MCFA) and claims of common law fraud and unjust...

First Bank v. Phillips

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In a suit for damages and replevin based on a promissory note that pledged defendant's vehicle as collateral for the note, defendant's pro se appeal...

Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp.v. Mosko

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
Bankruptcy court decision granting relief to debtors to discharge their government-backed student loan debt is reversed where the debtors have not...

Grant Thornton, LLP v. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Banking Law
Orders requiring petitioner to pay six-figure civil penalties for recklessly failing to meet Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and to comply with...

Bair v. US

Agriculture, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a takings claim arising from the Commodity Credit Corporation's enforcement of its super-priority lien interest in sugar produced...

Capital One Auto Fin. v. Osborn

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
The hanging paragraph in 11 U.S.C. section 1325 does not eliminate an under-secured creditor's deficiency claim when, in a Chapter 13 plan, debtors...

AmeriCredit Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Moore

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case, a decision finding that debtors were permitted under 11 U.S.C. section 325(a)(5)(C) to surrender a car, financed by...

Smith v. Mallick

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In dispute arising from debt collection efforts, denial of appellant's motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(5), Fed.R.Civ.P., is reversed...

Bank of New York v. Fremont Gen. Corp.

Banking Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case arising from a commercial bank deposit contract involving an account in which funds were held to secure the payment of claims in the highly...

Silvas v. E*TRADE Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action suit brought against E*TRADE Mortgage, dismissal of the suit is affirmed where the district court properly dismissed the action...