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Consumer Protection Financial Bureau v. Trident Mortgage Company LP

2:22-cv-02936 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

On July 27, 2022, the United States of America and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that Trident Mortgage Company engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by "redlining" in the Philadelphia metropolitan area from 2015 to 2019. Plaintiffs brought this suit under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), ECOA’s implementing regulation (Regula…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States of America v. Wells Fargo Bank

1:12-cv-01150 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2012

Case Ongoing

On July 12, 2012, the United States, on behalf of over 34,000 African-American and Hispanic borrowers, filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts in the United States District Court, District of Columbia. Plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the United States Department of Justice, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, claiming that the discriminatory lending practices of Defendant adversely affected African American and Hispanic borrowers. Specif…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Pigford v. Glickman

1:97-cv-01978 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 1997

Case Ongoing

On August 28, 1997, three African-American farmers, on behalf of a putative class of 641 African-American farmers, filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ("ECOA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1691, and the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C. § 551. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and monetary relief, alleging that both the USDA and county officials to whom the USDA delegated a…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action v. Township of Mount Holly

1:08-cv-02584 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 5, 2008

Case Ongoing

On May 5, 2008, an association of residents of a New Jersey neighborhood filled a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The residents, represented by lawyers from South Jersey Legal Services, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that the defendants' redevelopment plan for the Gardens neighborhood represented a violation of the Fair Housing Act and of the Equal Protection Clauses of…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Ally Financial Inc. and Ally Bank

2:13-cv-15180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2013

Closed Date: 2017

On December 20, 2013, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and the United States Department of Justice filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against a bank, alleging that it engaged in discriminatory lending practices. The plaintiffs alleged that, as a result of the defendant's policies and practices, African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic borrowers unfairly paid higher prices for their automobile loans than non-Hispanic White borro…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Nixon

5:11-cv-00488 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 17, 2011

Closed Date: 2014

On June 17, 2011, the United States filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1691-1691f ("ECOA") against the Nixon State Bank. The Nixon State Bank is a community-based bank in Nixon, Texas that offers a range of loan products, including mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial loans, and agriculture loans. The U.S. alleged that in making these loans, the bank exhibited a pattern or practice of…
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U.S. v. Midwest Bankcentre

4:11-cv-01086 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 16, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

On June 16, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§3601-3619, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1691-1691f, against the Midwest Bankcentre. The DOJ alleged that the defendant engaged in lending discrimination on the basis of race in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The case had been referred to the Department of Justice by the Federa…
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Mobley v. Facebook (Onuoha v. Facebook)

5:16-cv-06440 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2016

Case Ongoing

Onuoha v. Facebook (also known as Mobley v. Facebook) was filed on behalf of people of color challenging race and national origin discrimination in employment, housing, and credit ads on Facebook. A ProPublica article highlighted Facebook’s tools which allowed advertisers to exclude specific groups called “ethnic affinities.” In response, three individuals who used Facebook to search for housing and/or employment filed a class action complaint the U.S. District Court for the Northern District o…
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City of Los Angeles v. JPMorgan Chase

2:14-cv-04168 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 30, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On May 30, 2014, the City of Los Angeles filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The City sued JP Morgan Chase Bank under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Fair Housing Act/Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA). The City sought damages, declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the bank's lending practices were predatory, intentionally discriminated against minority borrowers, and had a disparate impact on minorities. Specifically, the…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Fidelity Federal Bank

1:02-cv-03906 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 8, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On July, 8, 2002, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against a bank, alleging that it engaged in discriminatory lending practices. The plaintiffs alleged that as a result of the defendant's policies and practices, service providers harassed Hispanic borrowers and engaged in abusive debt collection services. The complaint asked the court for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. More specifically, the p…