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Editor: David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School

March 30, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

New Jersey Condominium Association files a complaint alleging that the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) breached its contracts by failing to pay flood insurance benefits for damage from Hurricane Sandy. The US Supreme Court justices are reviewing an Eleventh … Continue reading

May 2, 2014

New Jersey Court Finds that Plaintiff had Both Possession of the Original Note and Assignment

By Ebube Okoli

The court in deciding Assets Recovery 23, LLC v. Odoemene, 2013 N.J. Super. (App.Div., 2013) this court affirmed the ruling of the lower court that the plaintiff was permitted to foreclose. In this foreclosure matter, defendants Emmanuel C. Odoemene and … Continue reading

November 13, 2013

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Finds That Wells Fargo Had Standing to File Foreclosure Action

By Ebube Okoli

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, in deciding Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Garner, 2013 N.J. Super. LEXIS 2648, 2013 WL 5827033 (App.Div. Oct. 31, 2013) affirmed the lower court’s decision and dismissed motions to vacate the judgment … Continue reading

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July 23, 2013

Shadowed by the Shadow Inventory

By David Reiss

My former colleague at Seton Hall, Linda Fisher, has posted Shadowed by the Shadow Inventory:  A Newark, New Jersey Case Study of Stalled Foreclosures & Their Consequences on SSRN. The paper presents the findings of a small, but interesting empirical … Continue reading

April 24, 2013

No Scarlet Letter for Robo-Signing

By David Reiss

An “admitted robo-signer” and her bank were let off the hook in Grullon v. Bank of America et al.  (Mar. 28, 2013, No. 10-5427 (KSH) (PS)) (D.N.J.). (19)  Grullon, a homeowner, alleged that he, and others similarly situated, was entitled … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

Appellate Division of New Jersey Finds Deutsche Bank Did Not Have Standing to Foreclose Under NJSA 12A:3-301

By Joseph Kelly

In Deutsche Bank Nat. Trust Co. v. Mitchell, 422 N.J. Super. 214, 27 A.3d 1229 (App. Div. 2011) the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to plaintiff/Deutsche Bank. In doing so, the court … Continue reading

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January 17, 2013

New Jersey Superior Court Dismisses Foreclosure Suit, Requiring Physical Possession of Note & Mortgage at Time of Filing

By Joseph Kelly

In Bank of New York v. Raftogianis, 418 N.J. Super. 323, 13 A.3d 435 (Ch. Div. 2010) the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Atlantic County, found that although the lender had not separated the note and mortgage through … Continue reading

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