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Holcomb v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In suit sounding in negligence and contract, sustaining of demurrers is reversed where plaintiff's complaint adequately stated a cause of action for...

Yetiv v. US Dep't of Housing & Urban Dev.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Petition for review of an administrative decision of the HUD imposing civil monetary penalties on petitioners for a failure to provide HUD with...

USA v. Grossman

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Sentencing
In a criminal forfeiture proceeding where financial institutions claimed a superior interest in property seized by the government, dismissal of the...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Check Investors, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action brought by the FTC against defendants alleging that their debt collection practices in collecting on defaulted checks (NSF checks)...

Berquist v. Washington Mut. Bank

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiff against Washington Mutual Bank raising a claim of age discrimination, summary judgment for the bank is affirmed as:...

Whitfield v. Radian Guar., Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The adverse action notice provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) apply to the actions of a company that provides mortgage guaranty...

In Re: Louis A. Gencarelli

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy dispute over a commercial lender's right to receive a bargained-for prepayment penalty from a solvent debtor, judgment for debtor is...

Hughes v. US

Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Winstar breach of contract case, rulings in favor of plaintiff-individual corporate officer and a ruling against plaintiff-corporation are...

Gaines v. Kelly

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought claiming breach of contract, fraud, and negligence, based on allegations that defendants' failure to fund a loan caused plaintiff...

PNC Fin. Servs. Group v. Comm'r IRS

Banking Law, International Trade, Tax Law
A ruling that foreign tax credit for taxes paid on appellant's behalf in Brazil must be reduced by the amount of an indirect subsidy appellant...