Legal Opinion
Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Lefkowitz
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 12, 1975No. 74 Civ. 4293PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
This action challenges the constitutionality of a recently enacted New York statute — Chapter 119, of the Laws of 1974 (codified as Section 14-b of the Banking Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 2, and Section 5-601 of the General Obligations Law, McKinney’s Consol. Laws, c. 24A) 1 — which requires mort gage lending institutions to pay interest of at least two percent on certain “escrow accounts.” A three-judge court was convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284, after a motion to dismiss had been denied. See 383 F.Supp. 1294.
Plaintiff, the Federal National…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Anderson National Bank v. LuckettSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Alabama v. King & BoozerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Kern-Limerick, Inc. v. ScurlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Mayo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Pittman v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Eva Mae Roberts, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Cameron-Brown Company and Federal National Mortgage AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Derenco, Inc. v. Benj. Franklin Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nOregon Supreme Court · 1978
- Brenda Joyce Northrip v. Federal National Mortgage AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Pauline Rust v. Paul Johnson and Nora Johnson, City of Los Angeles v. Paul Johnson, Nora Johnson, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Viereck v. Peoples Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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