Legal Opinion

Calvin Morgan Bissette, and Frances T. Bissette, for Themselves and for All Others Similarly Situated v. Colonial Mortgage Corporation of D. C.

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 12, 1973No. 72-1742PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This case arises on appeal from the District Court’s grant of summary judgment for the Bissettes (husband and wife) on their complaint seeking damages and a declaration that Colonial Mortgage Corporation of D. C. violated the Truth in Lending Act. 1 The trial court, 340 F.Supp. 1191, explicitly refused to make any finding as to when a contractual relationship between plaintiffs and defendants arose. Therefore, its precise and only holding was that Truth in Lending Act disclosures made at the time of “settlement” or “closing” in a home purchase and mortgage transaction…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gardner and North Roofing and Siding Corporation, a Corporation v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  2. Bissette v. Colonial Mortgage CorporationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Triple a Services, Inc. v. RiceIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Nick Ljepava and Chris Ljepava, Jr., and v. M.L.S.C. Properties, Inc., AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  3. Melvin Stevens v. Rock Springs National Bank, a Bank Corporation Chartered Under the United States Banking StatutesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  4. Brown v. KirkIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Postow v. Oba Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980

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