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Finnie v. First Union National Bank

E.D. Va.April 3, 2002No. 2:02CV94Cited 13 times
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Case Details

Judge(s)
Rebecca Beach Smith
Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
appeal

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Outcome

The district court affirmed the bankruptcy court's dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint, holding that First Union's sale of a discharged debt to a collection agency did not violate the statutory injunction under 11 U.S.C. § 524(a), which prohibits only direct collection efforts by creditors, not sales of discharged debts to third parties.

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