Legal Opinion
Marietta Taylor v. Federal National Mortgage Association, Waterfield Mortgage Company, and Burke, Costanza & Cuppy, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2004No. 03-3320PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Marietta Taylor lost her home in a foreclosure action brought in the Superior Court of Lake County, Indiana by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Waterfield Mortgage Company (Waterfield) through the law firm of Burke, Costanza & Cuppy, LLP (BCC) (collectively, the Defendants). Rather than directly appealing this judgment, Taylor filed a suit in state court alleging that the Defendants had committed extrinsic fraud and a fraud upon the court by instituting a wrongful foreclosure action against her in violation of two federal…
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