Citizens Bank of Maryland v. Strumpf
516 U.S. 16 (1995) Cited 748 times 13 Legal AnalysesHolding that bank's placing an administrative hold on a bankruptcy debtor's account did not violate sections 362 or 362 because the administrative hold did not take something from the bankruptcy debtor, or exercise dominion over property that belonged to the bankruptcy debtor
Studley v. Boylston Bank
229 U.S. 523 (1913) Cited 321 times 4 Legal AnalysesIn Studley, the Supreme Court defined set-off as "a counterclaim which the defendant may interpose by way of cross-action against the plaintiff," or, more broadly speaking, as "the right which one party has against another to use his claim in full or partial satisfaction of what he owes to the other."
Section 431.30 - General denial; denial made positively or according to information and belief of defendant
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 431.30 Cited 148 timesRequiring an answer to contain both a general or specific denial of factual allegations, § 431.30(b), and a statement of "any new matter constituting a defense," § 431.30(b)