Legal Opinion
Maya v. Centex Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2011No. 10-55658, 10-55660, 10-55662, 10-55663, 10-55664, 10-55665, 10-55667, 10-55668PublishedCited by 547 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
B. FLETCHER:
This case arises against the backdrop of the national housing crisis. Nationwide, foreclosures are increasing, construction and purchase of new homes is decreasing, and home values are plummeting. 1 In some ways, the facts presented here echo national trends, but we decide a fairly narrow question: whether individuals who purchased homes in new developments have standing to sue the developers for injuries allegedly caused by the developers’ practice of marketing neighboring homes to individuals who presented a high risk of foreclosure and abandonment of their homes,…
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