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(US) In re Crane Reversed on Appeal: Illinois Statutory Mortgage Form Held to be Permissive, Not Mandatory; Incorporation by Reference Held to Be Sufficient

This post was written by Daniel Slattery and Ann Pille. The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois has arguably driven the last nail into the coffin of In re Crane, the much criticized decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois. The coffin was already set … Continue Reading

(US) Illinois Legislation Rejects In re Crane

This post was also written by Cynthia Jared. Custom and practice in Illinois with respect to mortgages has been to incorporate the note or other debt instrument by reference, rather than to disclose all of the financial terms of a loan transaction in the mortgage. Then, in April 2012 (as previously reported in the Reed … Continue Reading

Illinois Legislation Trumps In re Crane Bankruptcy Court Decision

Since the In re Crane decision was handed down by the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois in April 2012, all eyes in the mortgage banking industry have been focused on the appeal of the decision pending in the U.S. District Court, in the hopes that the widely criticized ruling of the Bankruptcy … Continue Reading
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