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Tanko v. US

Contracts, Debt Collection
Where a student simultaneously signed four contracts in a single document for conditioned government financial assistance prior to entering medical...

Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachussetts, et al.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Bankruptcy Code section 706(a) does not confer an "absolute" right to a debtor to convert Chapter 7 proceedings to Chapter 13. Thus, where a debtor...

SEC v. Great White Marine & Recreation

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Securities Law
In a dispute concerning a distribution order of funds obtained in a civil action, judgment in favor of plaintiff-SEC is affirmed over defendant's...

Ruskin v. DaimlerChrysler

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Where a debtor's actions provide cause for lifting the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. section 362(d), the debtor generally cannot move to reclassify...

Martens v. Countrywide Home Loans

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
The Bankruptcy Court's grant of relief from an automatic stay is affirmed over plaintiff-debtor's claim that defendant-creditor violated the Fair Debt...

Hollingsworth v. Kaler

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Creditor was entitled to distribution from debtor's bankruptcy estate, even though its claims were untimely filed, since the claims were unsecured...

U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Clark

Banking Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In separate foreclosure actions, defendants' counterclaims and affirmative defenses based on section 4.1a of the Illinois Interest Act are dismissed...

Title Trust Deed Serv. Co. v. Pearson

Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit to recover bail bonds secured by a deed of trust, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the trial court erred when it denied...

Brown v. Chesnut

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
A creditor violates the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay provisions if, without permission of the bankruptcy court, he forecloses on an asset to which...

Zimmerman, Rosenfeld, Gersh, & Leeds v. Larson

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In an action for attorney fees, the debt owed to plaintiff-law firm, having arisen before defendant obtained a confirmed plan of reorganization under...