Legal Opinion
Faire Feaz v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2014No. 13-10230PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENTHAL, District Judge:
We are asked in this appeal to interpret a covenant included in all contracts for home mortgage loans guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration. The covenant requires borrowers to insure their homes against “any hazards for which Lender requires insurance” and to “also insure ... against loss by floods to the extent required by” the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Housing Administration’s parent agency. The issue is whether the covenant unambiguously permits mortgage lenders to require their borrowers to obtain flood insurance beyond…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,956 David Broad v. Rockwell International CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Randy Cohen v. American Security Insurance, CCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- Eugene Telfair v. First Union Mortgage CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LPCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Illinois Steel Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by56 opinions
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