MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL v. WELLS FARGO BANK

Civil No. L-08-62.

631 F.Supp.2d 702 (2009)

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

July 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Peter Relman, Bradley H. Blower, Glenn Schlactus, Relman and Dane PLLC, Washington, DC, George A. Nilson, Suzanne Sangree, Baltimore City Law Department City Hall, Baltimore, MD, for Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Andrew L. Sandler, Benjamin Barnet Klubes, Jonice Gray Tucker, BuckleySandler LLP, Washington, DC, for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al.


MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL

BENSON EVERETT LEGG, Chief Judge.

In January 2008, the City of Baltimore sued Wells Fargo under the Fair Housing Act for reverse redlining. The City alleges that Wells Fargo targeted black neighborhoods in Baltimore for predatory residential mortgage loans. Because the City did not take out a mortgage loan with Wells Fargo, it has no direct FHA claim against the Bank. Nevertheless, the City contends that it was harmed indirectly because...

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