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Palahnuk v. US

Banking Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for the government in a tax dispute is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that plaintiffs-taxpayers' income...

Crossett Paper Mills Employees Fed. Credit Union v. Cumis Ins. Soc'y, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action over payment of a settlement in an underlying negligence case, summary judgment for insurer is affirmed where, under...

Aon Fin. Prods, Inc. v. Societe Generale

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In breach of contract suit involving a credit default swap agreement, denial of defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings and grant of summary...

Moran Foods, Inc. v. Mid-Atl. Mkt. Dev. Co., LLC

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
Judgment in a suit alleging breach of contract and discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act is reversed and remanded where: 1) defendant...

Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v. Cole

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The litigation privilege applies in all causes of action, statutory as well as common law.

Long Island Savings Bank, FSB v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a Winstar-related case, summary judgment for banks on the government's counterclaim and affirmative defenses and an award for the banks in the...

Berry v. American Express Publ'g, Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Sustaining without leave to amend demurrers to complaint for injunctive relief based on the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, regarding...

Martinez v. Giacobbe

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for attorney's fees in foreclosure proceedings is affirmed where the court retained jurisdiction after the foreclosure judgment to award...

Bianchi v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case arising from contracts to produce military clothing and defaulted loans to finance plaintiff's performance of the contracts, dismissal of...

Weiss v. Washington Mut. Bank

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
A lawsuit challenging a federal savings and loan association's prepayment penalty formula is preempted by the federal Home Owners' Loan Act and the...