Easthampton Savings Bank v. City of Springfield

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW AND DEFENDANT’S CROSS MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkt. Nos. 18 & 20)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action challenges two municipal ordinances that Defendant the City of Springfield passed in 2011. One ordinance requires the maintenance of residential properties that are vacant or in the process of foreclosure; the second mandates a mediation program for foreclosures of owner-occupied residential properties. Plaintiffs, a group of banks who own mortgages in the City…