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vpagano

01/02/13 1:17 AM

#126 RE: 56Chevy #125

Fantastic Chevy, exactly the type of info I was looking for! Let's make it a great investing 2013 starting tomorrow!

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Olmsted

01/29/13 11:20 AM

#131 RE: 56Chevy #125

Footnote 4 on p 7:

4 The Trustee also instituted several other adversary proceedings including the following which have been settled: (i) a proceeding against Countrywide Homes Loans, Inc. and Bank of America seeking indemnification under one loan purchase transaction that was settled for a payment to the Debtors by Bank of America of $950,000 (Adv. Pro. 10-00909), (ii) a preference action against Ketchum Communications that was settled for a payment to the Debtors by Ketchum of $161,500 (Adv. Pro. 11-00331) and (iii) a proceeding against Mortgage Cadence that was settled for a payment to the Debtors by Mortgage Cadence of $100,000 (Adv. Pro. 11-00330).



Does anyone know the original scope of the lawsuit settled with BofA for $950k? Epiq 1109 references the case, but there are no documents attached.

Could this be a reference to it:

1 With respect to at least one loan on which the Trust has no current loss, Countrywide breached representations and warranties about the loan and the Trust initially suffered a loss. After Thornburg sued Countrywide, Countrywide settled the claim and directly reimbursed the Trust (not Thornburg) for the excess of the repurchase price over the net proceeds of liquidation.



page 5: http://dm.epiq11.com/TMI/Document/GetDocument/1379157

I am attempting to ballpark a settlement range on current litigation from litigation already settled. On the one hand, $950k recovery on one loan is a substantial recovery. On the other hand, it probably does not provide a direct analogy to ongoing litigation with Countrywide since the loan in question may have been more egregiously in violation of R&W (since it was singled out already). It certainly provides no analogy at all to the collateral call cases - but the SAF financial case might.

I can't tell what damages are sought in the Countrywide case. Anybody?
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Newtogame

08/28/13 8:45 AM

#153 RE: 56Chevy #125

56Chevy May I pick your brain?

If a bank was seized by the FDIC, and the FDIC made a mistake in doing so, and later decided to settle the case with the bank.

Say they gave the bank $$$$$ in a confidential stipulation settlement agreement, have you ever in your experience heard where the $$$$ only went to the pre seizure share holders?

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Enterprising Investor

08/29/15 12:19 PM

#239 RE: 56Chevy #125

Joel I. Sher, Chapter 11 Trustee for TMST, Inc. v. RBC Capital Markets Inc., United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Case No. 11-01998

Order Denying RBCs Motion for Summary Judgment; Granting Trustees Cross Motion for Summary Judgment; Entering Judgement in favor of Joel I. Sher; Denying as moot RBCs Motion to Exclude the Testimony of the Trustees Expert, Gregory W. Minard. Signed by Judge George Levi Russell, III (8/26/2015)

Source: PACER [Docket 153]

Opinion. Signed by Judge George Levi Russell, III (8/26/2015)

Source: PACER [Docket 152]

[...]The prices RBC credited to Thornburg for the retained MBS based upon the Goldman Sachs bid were $26,259,118(10) less than the August 14 TD Level. Accordingly, the Court concludes that the Trustee is entitled to summary judgment that Thornburg sustained damages in the amount of $26,259,118, plus prejudgment interest at the rate of nine-percent from August 14, 2007 through the date of judgment, as a direct and Midland Bank v. Kilbane, 573 F.Supp. 469, 471 (D.Md. 1983) (applying prejudgment interest based upon choice of law provision in contract); see also N.Y. C.P.L.R. 5001, 5004 (McKinney 2015) (providing for the rate of interest under New York law).

(10) RBC does not dispute this dollar amount.


https://ecf.mdd.uscourts.gov/doc1/09317080383
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Enterprising Investor

08/29/15 4:22 PM

#241 RE: 56Chevy #125

Joel I. Sher, Chapter 11 Trustee for TMST, Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase Funding, Inc., et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Adversary Proceeding Case No. 11-0340

All fact discovery shall be completed by 5/18/16.

Unless there is a settlement, resolution will be a late-2016 event at the earliest.