Legal Opinion
Bank of America, N.A. v. Casey (In Re Pereira)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 26, 2015No. 14-2115PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The outcome of this federal bankruptcy ease turns on interpretations of two different state statutes, each of which concerns defects in real estate titles. In time, those interpretations may affect considerable numbers of Massachusetts foreclosure proceedings. In this case, those interpretations affect who will benefit from the estate’s real property assets: a bank, or the debtor’s other creditors as represented by a bankruptcy trustee. For the reasons stated below, we decide to certify two questions to the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts.
Debora Casey, a…
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