Legal Opinion

Smith v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP

District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Decided March 11, 2011No. Civil Action 2:10-cv-00354PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, Chief Judge.

Pending before the court is the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the defendant, BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (“BAC”) [Docket 22], BAC’s position rests primarily on preemption, an important constitutional doctrine that draws its force from the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Preemption reflects the principle that, in the collective wisdom of Congress, the laws of the several States must sometimes give way to a set of nationally uniform rules and regulations. Nevertheless, because part of the genius of our constitutional…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  4. Arevalo v. Bank of America Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 2011
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