Type: Amicus
Date: May 24, 2007
Description: Negative equity.
Result: Debtor lost. 2007 WL 1858291 (M.D. Ga. June 26, 2007)
Posted by NCBRC - September 4th, 2011
Type: Amicus
Date: May 24, 2007
Description: Negative equity.
Result: Debtor lost. 2007 WL 1858291 (M.D. Ga. June 26, 2007)
Posted by NCBRC - September 3rd, 2011
Type: Amicus
Date: March 2, 2009
Description: Negative equity.
Result: Reversed. Debtor lost.
Mierkowski 8th Cir opinion
Posted by NCBRC - September 2nd, 2011
Type: Amicus
Date: December 2, 2008
Description: Negative equity
Result: Dismissed as moot.
Posted by NCBRC - September 2nd, 2011
Type: Amicus
Date: October 30, 2007
Description: Negative equity.
Result: Reversed. Debtor lost. 562 F.3d 618 (4th Cir. 2009)
Posted by NCBRC - September 1st, 2011
Type: Amicus
Date: June 27, 2007
Description: Negative equity
Result: Affirmed. Debtor lost.
Peaslee NACBA Amicus 2d Cir
Posted by NCBRC - August 30th, 2011
Type: Debtor
Date: March 30, 2009
Description: Whether a creditor holding a claim that includes the payoff of negative equity in a trade-in vehicle has a purchase money security interest entitled to protection of the hanging paragraph.
Result: Debtor won. 611 F.3d 1158 (9th Cir. 2010).
 
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