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JOHNSON v. FLEET FINANCE, INC.

Nos. 92-8352, 92-8621.

4 F.3d 946 (1993)

Johnnie L. JOHNSON, Barbara Ann Johnson, William L. Mance, Mary L. Mance, Waralene Hopkins and all Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLEET FINANCE, INC., Fleet Finance, Inc. of Ga., Tower Financial Services, Inc., Mortgage Equity Services and Donnetta Lowe, d/b/a Lowe and Associates, Defendants-Appellees. Johnnie J. JOHNSON, Barbara Ann Johnson, William L. Mance, Mary L. Mance, John Mance, Waralene Hopkins and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLEET FINANCE, INC., Fleet Finance, Inc. of Georgia, Mortgage Equity Services, and Donnetta Lowe, d/b/a Lowe and Associates, Defendants, Tower Financial Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Ira Smith, James Marion Thompson, Thompson & Smith, P.C., Thomas Reuben Burnside, Jr., Harry Duff Revell, James Barnard Wall, Burnside Wall Daniel & Ellison, Stephen Eugene Shepard, Augusta, GA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Donald A. Loft, Walter Rhett Tanner, Gregory R. Hanthorn, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, William Augustus Trotter, III, Robert C. Hagler, Benjamin F. McElreath, Augusta, GA, Hugh W. Gibert, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, William S. Duffey, Jr., Sean R. Smith, Frank C. Jones, King & Spaulding, Atlanta, GA, for defendants-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Two issues are presented in this appeal: the proper construction of the Georgia criminal usury statute, Ga.Code Ann. § 7-4-18 (Case No. 92-8352); and whether a loan broker's fee constitutes a finance charge under the federal Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1605(a), when the lender neither receives part of the fee nor requires the borrower to use a loan broker (Case No. 92-8621).

As to the first issue, federal courts sitting in diversity...

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