A judge in Georgia dismissed a suit from a borrower alleging wrongful foreclosure. Senior District Judge J. Owen Forrester of the Northern District of Georgia ruled in favor of defendants CitiMortgage, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), and Pendergast & Associates, P.C.
Read More »Washington Judge Dismisses Borrower’s Wrongful Foreclosure Case
A Washington state judge dismissed a borrower's wrongful foreclosure and Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA) violation complaint, ruling in favor of defendants Fannie Mae, Northwest Trustee Services, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Read More »Arkansas Judge Dismisses Recording Fee Suit Against MERS
An Arkansas judge dismissed a recording fee suit filed against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) by a Hot Spring County circuit clerk, MERSCORP announced Tuesday.
Read More »Idaho Court Sides with Fannie Mae, MERS in Counterclaim
In the case Fannie Mae v. Lopez, Judge Lynn G. Norton of the Elmore County District Court ruled in favor of Fannie Mae and dismissed complaints against MERS.
Read More »Oregon Judge Rules in Favor of MERS
Chief Judge Ann Aiken for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon dismissed a borrower's lawsuit against MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. and defendants.
Read More »Iowa Judge Dismisses Class Action Suit Against MERS
An Iowa judge ruled Tuesday in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) dismissing a class action suit against the company and other defendants.
Read More »Michigan Panel Rejects Challenge to MERS, Wells Fargo
In Hargrow v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the plaintiffs' claims that Wells Fargo-an assignee of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS)-was not entitled to foreclose because it did not own an interest in the indebtedness.
Read More »Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal in MERS Case
Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal in MERS Case MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., announced that a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a complaint against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) and two other defendants.
Read More »Idaho Judge Affirms Role of MERS as Trust Deed Beneficiary
In his ruling on Wilkins v. First Magnus Financial Corporation, District Judge Darren B. Simpson denied a borrowers' attempt to use the judicial system as what he called ""a fishing expedition in search of flaws in the Trust Deed or the Note.""
Read More »MERS Agrees to Reforms in Delaware Settlement
Delaware attorney general Beau Biden announced Friday that the state has reached an agreement with Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) about implementing reforms. Biden filed suit against MERS last year after hearing from homeowners in the state who were ""unable to have meaningful conversations about saving their home"" and who could not find out who owned their mortgage.
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