Legal Opinion
Unifund CCR Partners v. Villa
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 23, 2009No. 08-1026PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Per curiam
Unifund OCR Partners (Unifund) purchased a credit card debt Javier Villa owed to Bank One. Villa later filed for bankruptcy, and his debts were discharged. In his bankruptcy filing, Villa listed Bank One, not Unifund, as creditor on the credit card debt. After Villa’s bankruptcy, Unifund sued Villa on the debt. Villa answered, asserted his discharge in bankruptcy, and filed a motion for sanctions. Unifund responded by filing a notice of dismissal, and the trial court dismissed the suit with prejudice. Several months later the court assessed sanctions against Unifund pursuant to chapter 10 of…
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