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Brooklyn Law School

February 9, 2013

Utah District Court Holds that MERS has the Right to Foreclose on Property even though the Promissory Note was Sold for Purposes of Securitization

By Justin Rothman

In Commonwealth Property Advocates v. Citimortgage, Inc., No. 2:10 CV 00885 CW, 2011 WL 98491 (D. Utah Jan. 12, 2011), the United States District Court of Utah held that MERS had a right to foreclose the property at issue regardless … Continue reading

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Tenth Circuit Holds that MERS has Authority to Initiate Non-Judicial Foreclosure in Utah

By Justin Rothman

In Commonwealth Property Advocates, LLC v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, 474 F. App’x 732 (10th Cir. 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (“MERS”) had authority to initiate non-judicial … Continue reading

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