Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 18, 2008No. SC 88367PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.
Countrywide Home Loans, a mortgage company, prepares legal documents to complete mortgage loan transactions and charges its customers a document preparation fee for this service. Because of this activity, Countrywide was a named defendant in a class action lawsuit against several mortgage lending institutions alleging that these companies were practicing law business without a license. The lawsuit was severed into subclasses against each respective lender.
The trial court found that this activity was the unauthorized practice of “law business” 1 and awarded…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Call v. HeardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
- Rayonier, Incorporated v. F. Arnold PolsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Andersen v. EdwardsAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Investors Title Co., Inc. v. HammondsSupreme Court of Missouri · 2007
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Evans v. Brown Builders Electrical Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2008
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