Common law right of offset

    • [PDF File]PDF A Theory of Self-help Remedies in Contract

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      law systems and in other common law systems. Ronald J. Scalise, Jr., Why No Efficient Breach in Civil Law? A Comparative Assessment of the Doctrine of Efficient Breach, 55 AM. J. COMP. L. 721, 763 (2007) (using the example of efficient breach to show that "the difference [in contract law] appears to be one between American common law and the law


    • [PDF File]PDF Set-off

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      NATURE OF THE RIGHT ESTABLISHED BY THE STATUTES ... aspect of the "common law" set-off referred to by Young J who noted that the line of authorities relied on may have depended upon there being an "express or implied agreement that there would only be an


    • The Illusory Right to Abandon - University of Michigan Law ...

      THE ILLUSORY RIGHT TO ABANDON Eduardo M. Pefialver* The unilateral and unqualified nature of the right to abandon (at least as it is usually described) appears to make it a robust example of the law's concern to safeguard the individual autonomy interests that many contemporary commentators have identified as lying at


    • [PDF File]PDF The Right of Setoff- What Does a Banker Need to Know?

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      Right of Setoff-What a Banker Needs To Know by Terri D. Thomas, JD I. Right of Setoff- Legal Requirements The Right of Setoff (also referred to as "offset") developed in the United States as the equitable act of deductin g an amount owed by a party from an amount that is due to be paid to that same party. For example:


    • [PDF File]PDF Part 131 - ACCOMMODATION OF UTILITIES WITHIN STATE HIGHWAY ...

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      under the Public Service Law, Article 28 of the Executive Law, or other statute to provide service to the public. Utility facilities not serving the public, but devoted to private purposes, have no legislated right to occupy the state highway rights-of-way, however the Department is authorized


    • [PDF File]PDF Damages for Breach of Contract

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      (1) The injured party has a right to damages for any breach by a party against whom the contract is enforceable unless the claim for damages has been suspended or discharged. (2) If the breach caused no loss or if the amount of the loss is not proved under the rules


    • [PDF File]PDF Got Setoff Rights? Think Again - Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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      right, but instead preserves substantive rights of setoff that already exist under applicable federal or state law. A creditor is granted setoff rights because it would clearly be unfair to force the creditor to pay the full amount of its indebtedness to a financially distressed debtor when the creditor faces the real


    • [PDF File]PDF Alert - K&L Gates

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      federal law that creates the right.5 State law may list elements that a setoff transaction must contain, and it will determine whether the debts involved in a setoff are valid or not. If a purported setoff transaction was not valid under applicable state or non-bankruptcy federal law, then it was never really a "setoff." Hence, the transaction


    • [PDF File]PDF DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES - U.S. Government ...

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      DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASH INGTON D . C. 20548 ... It is also well recognized that the Government has the common-law right which belongs to every creditor to apply the appropriated ... the Congress preserved the right of offset or counterclaim in section 2415(f) of title 28, United ...


    • [PDF File]PDF States Laws Restricting Subrogation and Reimbursement

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      States Laws Restricting Subrogation and Reimbursement States shown in red prohibit subrogation and reimbursement. States shown in purple apply the made whole and common fund doctrines. States shown in yellow apply the common fund doctrine See February 2014 AFHO 2 Survey of State Reimbursement Laws.


    • The Problems with Setoff: A Proposed Legislative Solution

      This Article explores the current status of the law of setoff in this country. It first briefly examines the history of setoff, details where and when it arises, and explains its importance. ... The exact nature and scope of this right is varied and un-clear. Yet, setoff undeniably affects the ...


    • PDF Massachusetts Law Review

      70 / Massachusetts Law Review the Law of Bank setoff in Massachusetts By Cornelius J. Chapman Bank setoff is both ancient in its origins 1 and current in its appli - cations.2 While the right of setoff was unobtrusively imported into Massachusetts decisions from English common law,3 it has more recently been considered to be a sufficiently powerful creditor's rem -


    • [PDF File]PDF TABLE OF CONTENTS

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      April 2018 Part III:1 Bureau of the Fiscal Service . PART III: THE FEDERAL NONTAX DEBT COLLECTION PROCESS . TABLE OF CONTENTS


    • [PDF File]PDF Internal Revenue Service memorandum

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      States, 137 F. Supp. 573 (N.D. Cal. 1955). Accordingly, this common law right still exists notwithstanding section 6402(a). Unlike the statutory right of offset under section 6402(a), however, the Service has taken the position that the common law right of offset is limited to the two or five year period of limitations set forth in section 6523 ...


    • [PDF File]PDF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 200014033 Release Date: 4/7/2000 TL ...

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      equally to the offset. Crocker, 137 F. Supp at 574 (citations omitted). In conclusion, we are of the opinion that as long as the Service is unable to assess nonrebate refunds, the Service may justifiably rely on the common law right of offset to recover these non-tax debts. The applicable statute of limitations for this remedy is the


    • Counterclaim And Equitable Defense In Virginia

      The common law practice in Virginia is in accord with these principles, except that no case has been found in which recoupment has been used in a tort action. But this practice was supplemented by the adoption of the statute of "Equitable Defenses" passed in 1831, ...


    • [PDF File]PDF State of Texas Construction Law Compendium

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      interpretative common law necessitates careful attention when dealing with a construction defect claim in Texas. This Compendium update attempts to merely survey general subject matters and is not intended as a complete analysis of any specific topic.


    • [PDF File]PDF Conflicts Between a Bank's Common Law Right of Setoff and a ...

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      Conflicts Between a Bank's Common Law Right of Setoff and a Secured Party's Interest in Identifiable Proceeds It is well established that a bank has a common law right of setoff against funds on deposit with it when the relationship between the bank and the depositor is that of mutual debtor-creditor and the


    • [PDF File]PDF Drafting And Enforcing Complex Indemnification Provisions

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      Drafting And Enforcing Complex Indemnification Provisions . 22 | The Practical Lawyer August 2010 ... price with a right of offset against the deferred amount (typically a note); ... to common law legal or equitable doctrines, such as the Hadley v.


    • [PDF File]PDF Recent Developments in the Law of Set-off

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      Recent Developments in the Law of Set-off /3 The law of set-off or compensation applies to all claims made against a debtor company and to all actions instituted by it for the recovery of debts due to the company in the same manner and to the same extent as if the company were plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be.11


    • [PDF File]PDF Litigation English Equitable Set Off 08-03-2010

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      could be set off against the claim under the supply contract in reliance on the "Right to Offset" clause with-out the need to satisfy the common law "close connection" test required for equitable set off. Conclusion Geldorf illustrates that parties may agree by contract to extend the equitable right of set off beyond its traditional scope.


    • [PDF File]PDF Reimbursement: Statutory and Common Law Recoveries Michael P ...

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      Reimbursement Statutory and Common Law Recoveries I. Introduction Beginning in 2001, the Texas Family Code, for the first time, contained statutory provisions with respect to reimbursement claims. Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §3.408 was enacted and specifically set forth two (2) statutory reimbursement claims. One was for the payment by one


    • [PDF File]PDF Setoffs

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      The setoff right is generally recognized as a common-law right, but might also be established by state statute, or by contract. In either case, the basic principles and requirements of a setoff are similar. Key to the concept of setoff is that the parties' debts must be "mutual." Unfortunately, determining just what debts are "mutual" can


    • [PDF File]PDF State of Washington Construction Law Compendium

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      STATE OF WASHINGTON CONSTRUCTION LAW ... Breach of contract is a common claim in construction defect cases. In Washington, a ... directly benefit the unit, or the right to use or have the benefit of facilities not located in the


    • Bank's Right of Setoff in Virginia - Washington and Lee ...

      Bank's Right of Setoff in Virginia Follow this and additional works at:https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr Part of theBanking and Finance Law Commons This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington and Lee Law Review at Washington & Lee University School of Law Scholarly Commons.


    • FASB Interpretation No. 39

      common law. Similarly, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code imposes restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of setoff in bankruptcy under certain circumstances. Legal constraints should be considered to determine whether the right of setoff is enforceable. Special Applications 7.


    • [PDF File]PDF The Boatmen's National Bank of

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      different from this case and Sears cannot rely on a common law right to offset as a claim under § 9-318(1)(a) to defeat the rights of Boatmen's. Finally, Sears' claim to offset under § 9-318(1)(a) would not further the policy and goals of Article 9 of the UCC. There was no notice in the contract between BPC and Sears of other agreements. Any


    • The Problem of Withholding In Response to Breach: A Proposal ...

      Note because of the UCC's relevance to common-law contract law. See infra part I.D. Other classes of cases where withholding is allowed include bankruptcy, insurance, and banking. See 6 Williston, supra note 3, § 887G. In addition, there is a well-developed body of law on the right to withhold rent under real estate leases under such theories as


    • Reviving Contract Claims Barred by ... - Notre Dame Law School

      The common law starts from the presumption that a law of ... Recoupment is used to offset mutual debts when one debt is time- ... coupment right properly asserted enjoys immunity from the various statutes of limitations, as it may 'relate back' when asserted as a ...


    • PDF Overview of New York Law on Contribution, Apportionment ...

      co-defendants, under the old common law, it did not exist. Former N.Y. CIv. Prac. A. §211 was then enacted to eliminate some of the harsh results of the common law. That statute allowed for a pro rata apportionment between named co-defendants only and only if one paid more than his/her pro rata share of the judgment. It did not factor in the ...


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