United States Second Circuit
Trust for the Cert. Holders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. v. Love Funding Corp., 07-1050
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In an action for breach of a mortgage loan purchase agreement, judgment for defendant based on the district court's finding that the action was champertous is reversed where the challenged assignment allowed plaintiff directly to enforce its pre-existing interest in the loan.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/11/2010
- Published 01/11/2010
Judges
- REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:, Before: B.D. PARKER,RAGGI, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, District Judge.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Ira M. Feinberg, Hogan & Hartson LLP, New York, N.Y. (Andowah Newton, Hogan & Hartson LLP, New York, NY, Lorane F. Hebert, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Alec W. Farr, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, D.C. (Michael G. Biggers, Anna C. Ursano, Bryan Cave LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.