Legal Opinion
Raymond Lee, Jr. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2012No. 10-3777PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This is a sub-prime mortgage case brought by the borrowers (the Lees) against the lender (Countrywide), its parent company (Bank of America), the mortgage broker (Stonefire), and two of the broker’s employees. The only defendants remaining in this appeal are Countrywide and Bank of America. 1 The primary question on the merits is whether Countrywide defrauded the borrowers either as part of a civil conspiracy or through misrepresentation. Both of these Ohio common law claims concern the allegedly improper disclosure of the “Yield Spread Premium” — a commission…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gaines v. Preterm-Cleveland, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1987
- Williams v. Aetna Finance Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1998
- ABM Farms, Inc. v. WoodsOhio Supreme Court · 1998
- Gosden v. LouisOhio Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Joseph Starkey v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, NACourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
- Wallace v. Midwest Financial & Mortgage Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2013
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. LeeOhio Court of Appeals · 2014
- Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2016
- Jonathan Barger v. United Bhd. of CarpentersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2021
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