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RIGGS v. GOVERNMENT EMP. FINANCIAL CORP.

No. 77-3857.

623 F.2d 68 (1980)

James RIGGS, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FINANCIAL CORPORATION, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernardus J. Smit, Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Robert A. Goldstein, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TRASK and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Riggs, in his capacity as bankruptcy trustee for John and Gloria Ferguson, brought suit against Government Employees Financial Corporation (GEFCO) for violating the Truth-in-Lending Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq., in a 1975 loan to the Fergusons. The district judge granted Riggs' motion for summary judgment and awarded $2,000 in damages and $2,500 in attorney's fees to the bankrupt estate pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1640(a...

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