World Publishing Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• noting “the drafters’ comments to the Consumer Credit Code to be highly instructive” in interpreting the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act
• noting defendant did not challenge award of litigation expenses pursuant to § 46A-5-104 in the amount of $100,243.64, separate and apart from attorney fees
• rejecting argument that lender could not be held liable for substantive unconscionability when borrower purchased new vehicle, retired other existing debt, and made payments on new loan with the benefit of refinancing proceeds
• affirming finding of unconscionability “given the particular facts involved in this case”
• “Fraudulent concealment involves the concealment of facts by one with knowledge, or the means of knowledge, and a duty to disclose, coupled with an intention to mislead or defraud.”
• balloon payment and total cost of the loan

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).