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MEMORANDUM ERIC L. FRANK, CHIEF U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE I. INTRODUCTION In this adversary proceeding, the chapter 13 debtor seeks to avoid a mortgage on real property by invoking the chapter 13 trustee’s status as a hypothetical bona fide purchaser and avoidance power under 11 U.S.C. § 544(a)(3). The debtor asserts that a bona fide purchaser may avoid the subject mortgage because the ori

WALKER, Circuit Judge: This appeal raises issues surrounding the requirements for pleading a private civil cause of action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) and (d). Principal among these is whether, where the predicate to the RICO claim is fraud by a borrower in misrepresenting the value of collateral, the fraud is complete before any actual loss is realized because the

Robert D. Mariani, United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Through this lawsuit, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the "Plaintiff" or "Commonwealth") seeks to hold Navient Corporation and Navient Solutions, LLC, (collectively, "Defendants" or "Navient") liable for conduct that has allegedly harmed student loan borrowers in Pennsylvania, as well as student loan borrowers n

KEARSE, Circuit Judge: Defendants-appellants Steven Donziger, Donziger & Associates, PLLC, and the Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger (collectively the “Donziger Firm” or “Firm”), and defendants-appellants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo (“Camacho”) and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje (“Piaguaje”), appeal from a judgment of the United St

OPINION COLE, Circuit Judge. This is a subprime mortgage case brought by the borrower, Harold Wallace, *416 against the lender, MortgagelT, Inc. (“MortgagelT”), the mortgage broker, Midwest Financial & Mortgage Services, Inc. (“Midwest Financial”), the broker’s two princ

OPINION LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge. Editor Note: The paragraphs related to headnotes 1-105 are found on the supplemental pieces of this opinion on Westlaw. Part 1 is 2014 WL 815553; Part 2 is 2014 WL 815613; Part 3 is 2014 WL 815715; Part 4 is 2014 WL 815869 [Head-notes 1-2]; Part 5 is 2014 WL 815923 [Headnotes 3-51]; Part 6 is 2014 WL 815961 [Headnotes 52-87]; Part 7 is 2014 WL 816086 [Headnotes 88-

785 F.Supp.2d 269 (2011) Darrick GRIMES and Yolanda Grimes, on behalf of themselves and a class of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. FREMONT GENERAL CORPORATION, Fremont Investment and Loan, WCS Lending LLC, Jonathan Tanenbaum, Nadene McBean, America's Servicing Company, U.S. Bancorp and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Master Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-FRE-1, 3 Day Appraisal Services, Phil Aarons, David Abrams, Gai

Opinion and Order CASEY, District Judge. On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of the al Qaeda terrorist network hijacked four United States passenger airplanes and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and — due to passengers’ efforts to foil the hijackers — an open field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Thousands of people on the pl

HENLEY, Circuit Judge. Appellee, Pioneer Insurance Company (Pioneer), a Nebraska corporation, brought this action against Harry Gelt, a citizen of *1306 Arizona, to recover judgment on a note in the principal sum of $97,200.00 executed by Gelt in fav

287 B.R. 889 (2003) In re Rebecca Sue MOURER and Ronald Lee Mourer, Debtors. Rebecca Sue Mourer and Ronald Lee Mourer, Plaintiffs, v. Equicredit Corporation of America and Cascade Capital Funding, LLC, Defendants. Bankruptcy No. SG 00-10103, Adversary No. 01-88196. United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan. January 10, 2003. *89

107 F.Supp.2d 325 (2000) NEW PARADIGM SOFTWARE CORP., Plaintiff, v. NEW ERA OF NETWORKS, INC. and VIE Systems, Inc. defendants. No. 99CIV.12409 (RMB). United States District Court, S.D. New York. July 26, 2000. *326 Richard E. Signorelli, Stern, Levy & Pellegrino, L.L.P., New York City, for Plaintiff. Jeffrey Golenback

908 F.Supp. 1226 (1995) RED BALL INTERIOR DEMOLITION CORP. and John Palmadessa, Plaintiffs, v. Daniel PALMADESSA, Donald Palmadessa, William Palmadessa, Supreme Recycling, Inc., and Fortune Interior Dismantling Corp., Defendants. No. 94 Civ. 4158 (RWS). United States District Court, S.D. New York. November 28, 1995. *1227

ORDER JAMES E. GRITZNER, Senior Judge, U.S. DISTRICT COURT This matter is before the Court on Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) brought by Defendant John F. Berzanskis (Berzanskis). Plaintiff State Central Bank (State Central) resists. Neither party requested a hearing on the Motion, and the Court finds a hearing is unnecessary. The

522 F.Supp.2d 632 (2007) The BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST, N.A., as Trustee, Plaintiff, v. FRANKLIN ADVISORS, INC., Defendants. No. 07 Civ. 1746. United States District Court, S.D. New York. November 16, 2007. *633 Dennis Clarke Fleischmann, John D. Kircher, Bryan Cave LLP, New York, NY, for plaintiff The Bank of New York Trust Company

785 F.Supp.2d 614 (2011) Odelia ABECASSIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Oscar S. WYATT, Jr., et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. H-09-3884. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. March 31, 2011. *617 Michael J. Miller, David J. Dickens, The Miller Law Firm, Orange, VA, Bena Ochs, Gavriel Mairone, MM-Law LLC, Chica

GILBERTSON, Chief Justice. [¶ 1.] Jay Link petitioned for judicial dissolution of L.S.I., Inc. (LSI). The circuit court denied the petition and granted LSI’s petition to buy out Jay’s shares at a “fair value.” Jay appeals the valuation of his shares, the condition of the payments, and the dismissal of his remaining claims. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand. LSI filed a

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON DEFENDANT DEUTSCHE BANKS DUE DILIGENCE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE MASTROIANNI, District Judge. I. Introduction Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Plaintiff’) brought eleven related actions against various defendants, asserting violations of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. ' 110A, § 410, the Massachusetts U

349 F.Supp.2d 265 (2004) ASTECH-MARMON, INC., Plaintiff, v. Alfred LENOCI, Jr.; Alfred Lenoci, Sr.; Michael Schinella; United Properties, Ltd.; United Environmental Redevelopment, Inc.; and Crescent Avenue Development Company, LLC, Defendants. No. CIV. 3:03CV816(AHN). United States District Court, D. Connecticut. December 6, 2004. *266<

704 F.Supp.2d 623 (2010) Odelia ABECASSIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Oscar S. WYATT, Jr., et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. H-09-3884. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. March 31, 2010. *626 David J. Dickens, Michael J. Miller, The Miller Law Firm, Orange, VA, Bena Ochs, Gavriel Mairone, Chicago, IL, Raul

522 F.Supp.2d 524 (2007) Michael ABBATIELLO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Solutia, Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation, Defendants. Alan Abele, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation, Defendants. Armand Corlew, Vincent Riggi, Stephen Cernak, Jr., and Ruth Depaolo, individually and on behalf of a class similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. General Electric Company, Monsanto Comp