Legal Opinion
Brown v. Lynn
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 11, 1974No. 73 C 334PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILL, District Judge.
The plaintiffs bring this action individually and on behalf of all other persons who either own or will own homes under section 203, 12 U.S.C. § 1709, or section 235, 12 U.S.C. § 1715z of the National Housing Act. The plaintiffs, all of whom possess mortgages under these programs, allege that the named mortgagees, by instituting foreclosure proceedings against the plaintiffs without adequate prior notice or an opportunity for a preliminary hearing, have violated both their due process rights as protected by the Fifth Amendment as well as certain contractual rights…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by53 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
- United States v. Winthrop Towers, a Limited Partnership, and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company as Trustee Under Trust 1037Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- James and Joyce Ferrell v. Samuel R. Pierce, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Southeast Mortgage Co. v. MullinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Fleet Real Estate Funding Corp. v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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