Legal Opinion
Fidelity Guarantee Mortgage Corporation v. Howard T. Reben
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 21, 1987No. 86-1739PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Fidelity Guarantee Mortgage Corporation (Fidelity) appeals from an award of attorney’s fees and costs to defendant-appellee Howard T. Reben pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. In order to understand the issues, a history of the case is necessary.
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Fidelity, a Massachusetts corporation authorized to do business in Maine, opened an office in Portland, Maine, in February of 1980 for the purpose of dealing in residential mortgage loans. In July 1980, the superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, Barbara Reid Alexander, notified Fidelity…
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