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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

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…
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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…
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and United States v. National City Bank

2:13-cv-01817 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2013

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2017

On December 23, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of approximately 76,000 African-American and Hispanic residential mortgage borrowers, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against National City Bank, alleging that it engaged in discriminatory lending practices. In their complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that as a result of the defendant's policies and practices, African-American a…
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United States v. Luther Burbank Savings

2:12-cv-07809 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On September 12, 2012, the United States filed a complaint against Luther Burbank Savings in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The U.S. sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief for violations of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The U.S. also sought civil penalties available under the Fair Housing Act. Settlement negotiations preceded the filing of the complaint, and the U.S., represented by the Department of Justice's Civ…
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Keepseagle v. Vilsack

1:99-cv-03119 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 1999

Closed Date: 2018

On November 24, 1999, Plaintiffs first filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs, Native American farmers who alleged they were victims of discriminatory lending practices by the USDA, brought suit under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §2201, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15, U.S.C. §1691. Specifically, Plaintiffs claimed that the USDA's Farm Service Agency ("FSA") had failed to re…
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United States v. GFI Mortgage Bankers, Inc.

1:12-cv-02502 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 2, 2012

Closed Date: 2017

On April 2, 2012, the United States filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act against New York-based correspondence mortgage lender GFI Mortgage Bankers, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The United States, represented by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief. It alleged that between 2005 and 2009, GFI's loan officers engaged in a pattern and practice of char…
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United States of America v. Suntrust Mortgage, Inc.

3:12-cv-00397 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: 2016

On May 31, 2012, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ"), on behalf of over 20,000 African American and Hispanic borrowers, filed this lawsuit under the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts against SunTrust Mortgage in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The DOJ asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, claiming that the defendant engaged in discriminatory lending practices that adversely affected African American and Hispanic borro…