Legal Opinion
In Re Richards
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 20, 1967No. Bk-63-1324, Bk-63-1325PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Aetna Finance Company of Maine petitions for review of an order of the referee in bankruptcy entered in these consolidated proceedings for a wage earner plan under the provisions of Chapter XIII of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1086 (1964). By his order the referee disallowed a secured claim filed by Aetna because the loan contained “excessive, unauthorized and illegal” charges for credit life and disability insurance, thereby rendering the loan usurious and void under the provisions of the Maine Small Loan Law, 9 M.R.S.A. §§…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Houghton v. BurdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- In Re RichardsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- State v. LondonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1960
- Strickler v. State Auto Finance Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
- Niles v. KavanaghCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Gerald S. Cope, Trustee v. Aetna Finance Company of Maine, in the Matter of Robert R. Richards, DebtorsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Maine Merchants Association, Inc. v. CampbellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- United States v. Peter NooneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- In Re PerryDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1967
- In re RichardsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1968