BILLINGS v. PROPEL FINANCIAL SERVICES, L.L.C.

Nos. 14-51326, 15-50199, 15-50340, 15-50437.

821 F.3d 608 (2016)

David BILLINGS; Tressa Billings, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. PROPEL FINANCIAL SERVICES, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee. Blanca Torres, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Propel Financial Services, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant. Cheryl L. Thiery, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Texas Tax Solutions, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant. David Leonard Orosco, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ovation Lending, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernie Martinez, Esq. (argued), Law Office of Bernie Martinez, Jon Dale Lowe (argued), Martin & Drought, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Pratik A. Shah (argued), Hyland Hunt , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr., Esq. , Manuel Mungia , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, Matthew A. Scarola , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Nandan M. Joshi , Counsel (argued), Jessica Rank Divine , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

David Alfred Kahne , Law Office of David A. Kahne, Houston, TX, Amicus Curiae, Texas Family Council.

Before BARKSDALE, CLEMENT, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


These four consolidated appeals present the question of whether the Truth in Lending Act's ("TILA's")1 disclosure and consumer-protection requirements apply to transfers of property tax liens carried out under Section 32.06 of the Texas Tax Code. We conclude that the transfer of a tax lien does...

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