Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Fleet Finance, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 19, 1993No. Nos. 92-8352, 92-8621PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
Two issues are presented in this appeal: the proper construction of the Georgia criminal usury statute, Ga.Code Ann. § 7-4-18 (Case No. 92-8352); and whether a loan broker’s fee constitutes a finance charge under the federal Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1605(a), when the lender neither receives part of the fee nor requires the borrower to use a loan broker (Case No. 92-8621).
As to the first issue, federal courts sitting in diversity must apply the substantive law of the forum state. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 78, 58 S.Ct. 817, 822, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938). In particular, we are…
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