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9th Circuit Grants, Denies Appeals Of Remand In Deceptive Loan Cases
January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO – In parallel cases filed by the State of Arizona and State of Nevada alleging deceptive loan and foreclosure practices against Bank of America Corp. and its subsidiary Countrywide Financial Corp., the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 3 granted Nevada’s petition to appeal a federal judge’s denial of its motion to remand its case to state court and denied Countrywide’s petition to appeal a federal judge’s removal of its case to an Arizona state court (State of Nevada v. Bank of America Corp., et al, No. 11-80165, 9th Cir.; State of Arizona v. Countrywide Financial Corp., et al, No. 11-80086, 9th Cir.).
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