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United States v. City National Bank

2:23-cv-00204 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about unlawful redlining in Los Angeles County.  Redlining is a practice whereby lenders deny or discourage applications, or avoid providing loans and other credit services, in neighborhoods based on the race, color, or national origin of the residents of those neighborhoods. On January 12, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit and a proposed consent order in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The DOJ sued City Nationa…
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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…
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United States v. Park National Bank

2:23-cv-00822 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). On February 28, 2023, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Park National Bank (“PNB”). The complaint was filed following an investigation done as part of the DOJ’s Combating Redlining Initiative started in October of 2021.  The U.S. sought to remedy PNB’s alleged discriminatory practices in mortga…
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CFPB Investigation of Ally Financial Inc.

13-CFPB-00010 | No Court

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2015

This case concerns racially discriminatory pricing. This action was brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an administrative agency and by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the creditor Ally Financial Inc. (Ally). Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the CFPB and DOJ are authorized to take action against creditors engaging in illegal d…
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Watson Chiang, Gail v. Glickman, Daniel

1:00-cv-00004 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2000

Closed Date: Dec. 4, 2009

This is a case about discrimination in federal housing programs administered by the Rural Housing Service (RHS) of the United States Department of Agriculture. The plaintiffs resided in the United States Virgin Islands and claimed that the RHS discriminated against them on the basis of their race, gender, and national origin through the course of administering rural housing programs in the United States Virgin Islands. They filed this lawsuit on January 10, 2000, in the United States District C…
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United States v. Evolve Bank and Trust

2:22-cv-02667 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2022

Case Ongoing

On September 29, 2022, the United States filed a complaint against Evolve Bank and Trust in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee under the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Judge Sheryl H. Lipman and Chief Magistrate Judge Tu M. Pham heard this case. The United States claimed that, from 2014 to 2019, Evolve Bank discriminated against women, Black, and Hispanic borrowers via its “discretionary pricing” components of home loan borrowing. “Discretionar…
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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…
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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

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…
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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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United States v. Countrywide Financial Corporation

2:11-cv-10540 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2016

This case, brought by the United States in December 2011 against Countrywide Financial Corporation, resulted in the largest residential fair lending settlement in U.S. history. $335 million was paid to compensate more than 200,000 African-American and Hispanic borrowers who were allegedly charged higher fees and interest rates because of their race or national origin. The United States also claimed that Countrywide and its subsidiaries ("the Countrywide Defendants") steered thousands of African…