Attorney Christopher M. Lefebvre's Legal Cases

Class action

Conley v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 222 B.R. 181 (D.Mass. 1998):

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OUTCOME:

At the time, the largest class action case in bankruptcy court history, holding Sears liable for obtaining unauthorized reaffirmation agreements from Debtors and failing to file them with various bankr ... uptcy courts.

Class action

Melfi v. WMC Mortgage Corp., 568 F.3d 309 (1st Cir. 2009)

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OUTCOME:

TILA class action case where mortgage company left spaces on model form blank for date of refinancing and date of actual deadline for rescission. District Court held that these technical deficiencies d ... id not violate TILA and First Circuit affirmed. Petition for Rehearing en banc and/or Panel Rehearing filed 6/25/09. If denied, Plaintiff intends to seek a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court

Class action

Bonney v. Washington Mutual Bank, 596 F.Supp.2d 173 (D.Mass. 2009):

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OUTCOME:

Borrower alleged that mortgage company's failure to include the transaction date on the notices of rescission violated TILA. Although the magistrate judge agreed that such a notice stated a claim, the ... District Court disagreed and called omitting such information "merely technical."

Class action

In re Mann, 249 B.R. 831, (BAP 1st Cir. 2000)

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OUTCOME:

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed that consumer debtor could "strip off" wholly under-secured second mortgage on residential real property and treat it as unsecured.

Christopher M. Lefebvre's Legal Cases (4)

Conley v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 222 B.R. 181 (D.Mass. 1998):

Melfi v. WMC Mortgage Corp., 568 F.3d 309 (1st Cir. 2009)

Bonney v. Washington Mutual Bank, 596 F.Supp.2d 173 (D.Mass. 2009):

In re Mann, 249 B.R. 831, (BAP 1st Cir. 2000)