Legal Opinion
Hennepin County v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 5, 2014No. 13-1821PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Hennepin County brought this putative class action on behalf of similarly situated Minnesota counties seeking a declaratory judgment that the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Fed eral Home Loan Mortgage Company (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) (the federal agencies) violated state law by failing to pay a tax on transfers of deeds to real property. The County seeks recovery for unjust enrichment as well as injunctive relief. The district court 1 granted the federal agencies’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Bismarck Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Schaaf v. Residential Funding Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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