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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana. v. Rainbow Realty Group

1:17-cv-01782 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 30, 2017

On May 30, 2017, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and three individual named plaintiffs brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against the Rainbow Rental Group and Empire Holding Corp., alleging a predatory “rent-to-own” program. Represented by two private law firms, Plaintiffs claimed violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, four provisions of the Truth in Lending Act, and a state housing law. Specifically, the C…
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United States v. AIG Federal Savings Bank

1:10-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: March 4, 2010

Closed Date: Dec. 5, 2016

On March 4, 2010, the United States of America filed this lawsuit under the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts against AIG Federal Savings Bank in the United States District Court, District of Delaware. The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that AlG had engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of race. Specifically, th…
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United States of America v. Wells Fargo Bank

1:12-cv-01150 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2012

On July 12, 2012, the United States, on behalf of over 34,000 African-American and Hispanic borrowers, filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts in the United States District Court, District of Columbia. Plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the United States Department of Justice, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, claiming that the discriminatory lending practices of Defendant adversely affected African American and Hispanic borrowers. Specif…
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CFPB Investigation of Ally Financial Inc.

13-CFPB-00010 | No Court

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2015

This case concerns racially discriminatory pricing. This action was brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an administrative agency and by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the creditor Ally Financial Inc. (Ally). Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the CFPB and DOJ are authorized to take action against creditors engaging in illegal d…
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Oakland v. Wells Fargo

3:15-cv-04321 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2015

On September 21, 2015, the City of Oakland filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Wells Fargo & Co and Wells Fargo Bank NA under the Fair Housing Act, California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and California Government Code. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants had engaged in predatory mortgage strategies that disproportionately targeted minority communities. Specifically, they alleged that the defendants had engaged in red…
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United States v. Countrywide Financial Corporation

2:11-cv-10540 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2016

This case, brought by the United States in December 2011 against Countrywide Financial Corporation, resulted in the largest residential fair lending settlement in U.S. history. $335 million was paid to compensate more than 200,000 African-American and Hispanic borrowers who were allegedly charged higher fees and interest rates because of their race or national origin. The United States also claimed that Countrywide and its subsidiaries ("the Countrywide Defendants") steered thousands of African…
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and United States v. National City Bank

2:13-cv-01817 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2013

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2017

On December 23, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of approximately 76,000 African-American and Hispanic residential mortgage borrowers, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against National City Bank, alleging that it engaged in discriminatory lending practices. In their complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that as a result of the defendant's policies and practices, African-American a…
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City of Miami v. Bank of America Corp.

1:13-cv-24506 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2013

Closed Date: March 2, 2020

On December 13, 2013, the City of Miami filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, suing Bank of America and Countrywide Financial, under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA). Represented by the Miami City Attorney’s Office and private counsel, the city sought injunctive relief and damages for discriminatory lending practices. Specifically, it claimed that the banks had engaged in redlining and reverse redlining, both of which led to a disproporti…
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Washington v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1:16-cv-03948 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 15, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2019

On July 15, 2016, four African-American New York City homeowners filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the United States Department of Housing and Development (“HUD”) and Caliber Home Loans, Inc. under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C § 1692 et seq., and New York state law. They claimed HUD’s Note Sale program violated homeowner participants’ Fi…
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United States v. GFI Mortgage Bankers, Inc.

1:12-cv-02502 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 2, 2012

Closed Date: 2017

On April 2, 2012, the United States filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act against New York-based correspondence mortgage lender GFI Mortgage Bankers, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The United States, represented by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief. It alleged that between 2005 and 2009, GFI's loan officers engaged in a pattern and practice of char…