The Tap: Sunday, November 6, 2016

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The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022.

Review of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #42 of The Tap, which was published on November 12, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • The court heard argument in three cases. The court consolidated arguments in two separate Fair Housing Act (FHA) challenges brought by the city of Miami, Florida, against Bank of America and Wells Fargo bank. The city argued that discriminatory lending practices by both banks deprived the city of property tax revenue and directly resulted in an attendant increase in the costs of municipal services that the city provided. A federal district court dismissed Miami’s FHA’s claims, but the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal, finding that the city had standing and cause to proceed with the lawsuit. In Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Group, the court reviewed whether state courts have any jurisdiction to hear lawsuits brought against Fannie Mae. After two dismissals in federal court, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit in a California state court against Fannie Mae, bringing many of the same allegations there as she did in federal court. Cendant Mortgage Group, a subsidiary of Fannie Mae, remanded the suit to federal court, arguing that Fannie Mae’s charter conveyed original subject matter jurisdiction exclusively to federal courts. A federal district court agreed, dismissing the suit. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.


Preview of the day

There were no items for this day in issue #41 of The Tap, which was published on November 5, 2016. See the "Review of the day" tab for more information.