Legal Opinion
Bates v. CitiMortgage, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 14, 2016No. 16-1228PPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Cathy N. Bates and Timothy J. Bates (our Appellants, whom we also call the Bateses) went bankrupt and Appellees foreclosed on their home. At the end of the tax year, they each received an IRS Form 1099-A in the mail alerting them that the foreclosure might have tax consequences. The Bateses sued our Appellees, claiming that the Forms were a coercive attempt to collect on the mortgage debt—a debt Ap-pellees have no right to collect because it was discharged during the Bateses’ Chapter 7 proceedings. The bankruptcy court and the district court found the Forms were not…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- In Re Delores C. Brown, Debtor v. Pennsylvania State Employees Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Jamo v. Katahdin Federal Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Torres v. Chase Bank USA, N.A. (In Re Torres)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2007
- Canning, III v. Beneficial Maine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
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