all - Opinion Summaries

McKenna v. First Horizon Home Loan Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Class certification in a class-action under the Truth In Lending Act is reversed where the district court lacked the authority to certify a class of...

Laliberte v. Pacific Mercantile Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case alleging that defendant's failure to disclose closing fees in refinance loans violated the Truth in Lending Act, orders sustaining demurrers...

Acevedo v. First Union Nat'l Bank

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure
In case where defendant refused to honor cashier's checks issued by a failed bank, whose assets and liabilities defendant assumed, summary judgment...

First American Title Inc. Co. v. Superior Ct. (Sjobring)

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging unlawful title insurance practices, an order granting motion to a class action representative plaintiff, who is not a member of...

Citizens Fed. Bank v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a Winstar related case, a ruling holding that the government breached an agreement with a savings and loan company that the latter could use a...

First Union Nat'l Bank v. Pictet Overseas Trust Corp., Ltd.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendant-counterclaimant in a dispute arising from a merger is reversed where the district court erred upon remand in finding...

US v. Berger

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
A conviction and restitution order for conspiracy, loan fraud, falsifying corporate books, and various securities fraud violations is affirmed over...

In Re: Olympic Mills Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Remedies
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decision subjecting defendant-appellant to over $3 million in liability for retaining loan payments in breach of trust is...

DeLeo v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
An order compelling appellant to answer questions in aid of execution of a judgment obtained by a bank is reversed and remanded where the trial court...

Henrichs v. Valley View Dev.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal stemming from a state court quiet title action, dismissal of plaintiffs' claims is affirmed, although on different grounds, where two...