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· 11/4/1986

Thiel v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Citations

  • 646 F. Supp. 592
  • 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18116

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that by accepting the benefits of the loan, the plaintiffs agreed to the use of negotiable instrument
  • rejecting claims based only on the plaintiffs’ opinions regarding “an unjust system of commercial transactions”
  • rejecting the claim, among others, that the lender had violated RICO by issuing a loan check in exchange for a promissory note, as the claim was based only on the plaintiffs’ “vision of an appropriate monetary system that operates solely on legal tender transactions”
  • $3,600 award on 6 hrs. X $600

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Judges: William C. Lee

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