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Sousa v. Branch Banking and Trust Company

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 1916.

Docket No.15-1375
Op. BelowNV

Issue

(1) Whether NRS "40.459(1)(c), which limits the amount of a deficiency judgment that a person seeking the judgment can recover if that person acquired the right to obtain the deficiency judgment from a person who had that right is preempted by the Financial Institutions and Recovery of 1989 because the notes or mortgages in question were acquired from the Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation; and (2) whether the NRS "40.459(1)(c) limitations on deficiency claims violate the Contract Clause of the U.S. and/or Nevada Constitutions when the notes or mortgages in question were acquired by a Third Party Purchaser prior to the effective date of the statute.

Proceedings & orders timeline

May 11, 2016
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 13, 2016)
Jun 3, 2016
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 13, 2016.
Jul 13, 2016
Brief of respondent Branch Banking and Trust Company in opposition filed.
Jul 27, 2016
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
Oct 3, 2016
Petition DENIED.

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