Legal Opinion

Fairholme Funds, Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided October 15, 2014No. 1:13-cv-00465Published

1Opinion of the Court

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OPINION AND ORDER

SWEENEY, Judge

Plaintiffs, shareholders of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) (collectively “the enterprises”), have sued the United States, claiming that it engaged in a taking of their property without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. By way of background, after the national economy collapsed in 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) placed the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
  3. U.S. Steel Corporation v. The United States and U.S. International Trade Commission, and Cosipa, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  4. Ford Motor Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
  5. Phoenix Solutions Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.District Court, N.D. California · 2008

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