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Defendant
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Plaintiff
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Court
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Amount
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Overview
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Case Title |
Case Number
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Date Filed |
Link to Story |
| 21st Capital Corp. |
Countrywide Homes Loans Inc. |
U.S. Bankruptcy Court |
na |
"The bankruptcy judge ruled that even a grossly negligent lender is entitled to the benefit of equitable subrogation in determining priority. |
In re Spair |
na |
na |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationBankruptcty011810.asp |
| Dolores Chia |
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
na |
na |
An appeals court denied an individual's attempt to amend a complaint to name mortgagor Wells Fargo because her bankruptcy proceedings had already been discharged. |
na |
na |
na |
www.mortgagedaily.com/Litigation032910.asp |
| Isaac Yass and Andrew Blechman |
United States |
U.S. District Court in Topeka, Kansas |
$1,000,000 |
Sentences pursuant to convictions for fraudulently filing bankruptcies in the name of nonexistent individuals with businesses that claimed to be part-owners of properties that were in foreclosures. |
U.S. v. Yass |
No. 08-40008-JAR |
January 4, 2010 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/ForeclosureFirmLitigation021510.asp |
| na |
ADFITECH Inc. |
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland |
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Second Amended Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization was confirmed by the court. The company plans to emerge as a new Delaware corporation. |
In Re: ADFITECH Inc. |
Case No. 09-17788 |
May 1, 2009 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationBankruptcy032210.asp |
| OneWest Bank |
8 cases filed by attorney Peter Macaluso |
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California |
na |
Defendant is allegedly raising payments just before filing bankruptcy claims. |
8 Cases |
na |
na |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFirms033110.asp |
| Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., now known as Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota National Association |
Dwight R.J. Lindquist, in his capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Dean Harold Westlund |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
na |
The Court of Appeals affirmed lower court ruling that failure to record a mortgage on a $196,000 loan made Wells an unsecured creditor even though debtor listed Wells as a secured creditor. |
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., now known as Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association v. Dwight R.J. Lindquist, in his capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Dean Harold Westlund |
08 3442 |
October 22, 2009 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationBankruptcty011810.asp |
