Barrett v. Green Tree Servicing’s Empirical Analysis
2016
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Applies 12 U.S.C. § 2605
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · Farrar v. Hobby · Buckhannon Board and Care Home Incs v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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“but apparently overlooked the prefatory clause, which specifies that only someone who “fails to comply with any provision of this section shall be liable to the borrower” for such fees. Barrett cited In re Nosek, No. 02-46025 JBR, 2006 WL 2700792 (Bankr. D. Mass. Sept. 19, 2006). Nosek , however, did not hold that § 2605(f)(3) is identical in all respects to a “prevailing party”
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