Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. O'Donnell v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 23, 2016No. 15-496-cv(L), 15-499-cv(Con)PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
When can a breach of contract also support a claim for fraud? This question— long an issue in common-law courts— comes before us in the context of a judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Rakoff, /.), imposing civil penalties exceeding $1.2 billion on Defendants-Appellants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; Countrywide Bank, FSB; Bank of America, N.A. (collectively, “Countrywide”); and Rebecca Mairone (together with Countrywide, “Defendants”) under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”),…
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