Type: Amicus
Date: September 24, 2021
Description: Whether mortgage creditor committed sanctionable conduct when it engaged in “fee harvesting” practice.
Result: Pending
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PHH Mort. Corp. v. Sensenich (In re Gravel), Nos. 20-1, 20-2, 20-3 (2d Cir.)
Posted by NCBRC - October 15th, 2021
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PHH Mortgage Corp. v. Sensenich (In re Gravel), 20-1, 20-2, 20-3 (2d Cir.)
Posted by NCBRC - October 6th, 2020
Type: Amicus
Date: August 13, 2020
Description: Whether PHH was properly sanctioned for its fee harvesting practice.
Result: Judgment vacated and reversed. August 2, 2021 -
Charbono v. Sumski, No. 14-2151 (1st Cir.)
Posted by NCBRC - February 27th, 2015
Type: Amicus
Date: February 25, 2015
Description: Whether bankruptcy court had authority to impose a monetary sanction on the chapter 13 debtor for failure to provide copy of his request for extension of time for filing federal tax return.
Result: Affirmed, June 15, 2015
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