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April 6, 2013

Minnesota District Court Denies Plaintiffs’ Quiet Title Claim Because of Default; Plaintiffs Fail to Sufficiently Allege Slander of Title Claim

In Novak v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, CIV. 12-589 DSD/LIB, 2012 WL 3638513 (D. Minn. Aug. 23, 2012), the United States District Court of Minnesota granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims. In the case at hand, each … Continue reading →

Utah State Court Holds that MERS Maintains Its Rights Under the Deed of Trust Despite the Sale and Securitization of the Underlying Note

In Commonwealth Property Advocates v. Mortgage Electronic Registration System, 263 P.3d 397, (2011), the Court of Appeals of Utah affirmed a Utah district court’s order dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint. In the case at hand, a home buyer executed a promissory … Continue reading →

April 5, 2013

Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Holds that Mortgagee has Standing to Request Relief from Stay Because Homeowner Lacked Equity in his Property

In In re Lopez, 446 B.R. 12 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2011), the court granted Mortgagee’s Motion for Relief . On October 28, 2004, Henry Lopez—the Debtor—executed a note in the amount of $360,000 to Shelter Mortgage Company, LLC. To secure … Continue reading →

The 11th Circuit Court in Georgia Holds that Homeowners’ Claim of Wrongful Foreclosure Must be Dismissed Because there Has Not Been an Actual Foreclosure Sale on the Property Yet

In Jenkins v. McCalla Raymer, LLC, 492 F. App’x 968 (11th Cir. 2012), the court dismissed homeowners’ second amended complaint for failure to state a claim. Wendy Jenkins and Eleanor Spratlin Crawford appealed from the District Court’s order dismissing their … Continue reading →

April 4, 2013

Stand-Offish

Judge Swain (SDNY) issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Rajamin v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. in which she followed “the weight of caselaw throughout the country” to effectively hold that “a non-party to a [Pooling and Servicing Agreement … Continue reading →

March 31, 2013

The Michigan Court of Appeals Holds that Sheriff’s Sale was Invalid because MERS Foreclosed on Homeowner’s Property using Nonjudicial Foreclosure by Advertisement even though MERS was only a Mortgagee

In Richard v. Schneiderman & Sherman, PC, 294 Mich. App. 37, 818 N.W.2d 334 (2011), the Michigan Court of Appeals held that MERS foreclosure by Advertisement was void ab initio. Aaron Richard, homeowner, appealed an order granting summary disposition in … Continue reading →

March 29, 2013

Sixth Court of Appeals Clarifies Recording Fee Standing Issue

In Christian County Clerk, et al. v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., et al., No. 12-5237 (6th Cir. 2013), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case on appeal from the United States District Court for the … Continue reading →