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MAS ONE LTD. P'SHIP v. US

Debt Collection, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A loan payment, made to obtain a release from a Debt Service Guaranty Agreement, constitutes gross income and is a taxable capital contribution.

IN RE: LEASECO, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
The bankruptcy court did not err in holding that three of ten sales of used cars to a debtor were not according to "ordinary business terms," under...

IN RE: HERCULES ENTER., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
A bankruptcy court cannot adjudicate the future dischargeability of a sanction properly imposed on a non-debtor.

RIMADE, LTD. v. HUBBARD ENTER.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
Plaintiffs' suit to hold defendant liable for the debt of his company is dismissed where defendant lacked the intent to defraud and, therefore, the...

MICROFINANCIAL, INC. v. PREMIER HOLIDAYS INT'L

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection
In a suit involving a business loan default, judgment for plaintiff-creditor is affirmed over defendant's contention that the district court erred in...

EUBANKS v. CBSK FIN. GROUP, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Dismissal of plaintiffs' lender-liability claim, on ground that they were judicially estopped on the claim since they failed to disclose it in a prior...

WEISS v. REGAL COLLECTIONS

Class Actions, Debt Collection
A putative class representative's claim is not mooted by a Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 offer of judgment and federal subject matter jurisdiction is proper in a...

MEYER MED. PHYSICIANS GROUP v. HEALTHCARE SERV. CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Health Law
The bankruptcy court's decision to allow defendant-creditor to exercise its right of setoff is affirmed where, even though defendant acted as a...

SIVERNAIL v. COUNTY OF KENT

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
Plaintiffs' claim, that defendant-County's bad check collection scheme violated their due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, is dismissed...

AF-CAP v. THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, International Law, International Trade
Judgment in favor of defendant, granting it sovereign immunity to undisputed debt under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, is reversed where the...