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Nickel v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n

District Court, N.D. California

Decided April 25, 1997No. C-94-2716-CALPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION, ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT

LEGGE, District Judge.

This action arises from excessive trustee’s fees charged by defendant to over twenty-five hundred trusts for which defendant was the trustee. The trusts were so-called “contractual fee” trusts; that is, trusts which had contracts defining the fees that could be charged by the trustee. The facts of how the excessive fees were charged are not material to this opinion.

The third amended complaint contains forty two causes of action. This court has jurisdiction over the case by virtue of plaintiff’s allegations under 18 U.S.C. § 1961, et…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
  2. United States v. Fred J. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  3. Big Bear Properties, Inc. v. GhermanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
  4. In Re the Estate of CarterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Ullman v. GuglielmiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. San Francisco Opera Ass'n v. FlickingerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
  2. Nickel v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  3. Nickel v. Bank Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  4. Nickel v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002

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