Legal Opinion
Culhane v. Aurora Loan Services of Nebras
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 15, 2013No. 12-1285PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
As the millennium dawned, American financial markets soared to new heights. One of the vehicles that propelled this dizzying flight involved the bundling and securitization of residential mortgage loans. 1 But all good things come to an end, cf. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde (circa 1374) (“There is an end to everything, to good things as well.”), and it was not long before the economy faltered and the housing bubble burst. A rash of residential mortgage foreclosures followed.
Novel practices had been devised to facilitate the bundling and securitization of…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by184 opinions
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- Bank of American, N.A. v. Scott A. GreenleafSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
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