Removing unvaccinated potential jurors didn’t violate defendants’ Sixth Amendment rights, 4th Circuit rules
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In Beasley v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. , 2018 WL 3478882 , the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit provided clarification on certain aspects of removing a case from state court to federal court, and on pleading a claim for wrongful foreclosure under Tennessee law. Foreclosure News
On June 15, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, holding that rents collected by a receiver during the redemption period following a non-judicial foreclosure are property of the lender, even if the borrower ultimately redeems the property.1 […]
In Hagy v. Demers & Adams , the Sixth Circuit looked to Spokeo, Inc. v. Robbins to hold that not all inaccuracies cause real harm sufficient to confer standing to bring suit under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act . Foreclosure News
Policyholders who are insured under claims made professional liability insurance policies often struggle with the issue as to when they are required to report knowledge of a potential claim to their insurance company. Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that, under Ohio law, a policyholder need not report every […]
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ended a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit because the plaintiffs could not show that the allegedly offending letter had caused them actual harm. In Hagy v. Foreclosure News
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The Sixth Circuit held that the law firm's pursuit of a post-foreclosure eviction action did not violate the FDCPA. The court found that after a debt has been extinguished in a foreclosure sale, “there no longer exists a debt to enforce, and any post-foreclosure activity cannot be considered debt collection.” Foreclosure News
Two homeowners tried to rescind their home mortgage loan when they weren't notified that the deed of trust had been assigned. Although this argument may have been a creative way to stave off a foreclosure, it was not persuasive to a recent Sixth Circuit panel. Foreclosure News
The Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial doesn’t protect the right to a speedy sentence, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The court… ABA Journal Daily News