Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Thomas
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 21, 2003No. 1-01-2045PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE GORDON
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Iver Johnson, brought a foreclosure action against defendant, Kathy Thomas, for failure to make payments pursuant to a retail installment contract for home improvement work, which was secured by a mortgage on Thomas’s home. Thomas subsequently filed a counterclaim, alleging various violations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) (15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (1994)) and slander of title. Following a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment for Thomas, awarding her $6,000 for three TILA violations and $59,901 in attorney fees…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Wehr v. Burroughs Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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