County Of Cook v. Bank of America Corporation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION COUNTY OF COOK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 14 C 2280 ) BANK OF AMERICA ) CORPORATION, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Nearly eight years ago, Cook County filed this action under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (“FHA”) to recover for economic and non-economic injuries that it claims to have suffered as a result of defendants’ predatory and discriminatory scheme to strip equity from the homes of African American and Hispanic borrowers in Cook County (“minority borrowers”) and to…