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BROWN v. MORT. ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS.

No. 12-3494.

738 F.3d 926 (2013)

Mayme BROWN, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Hot Spring County, Arkansas, and on behalf of all Circuit Clerks in the State of Arkansas, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., A Delaware Corporation; Merscorp, Inc.; Bank of America, N.A.; Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Now known as Bank of America, N.A.; Citimortgage, Inc.; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company; PHH Mortgage Corporation; HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.; Novastar Mortgage, Inc.; National City Bank; J.P. Morgan Chase Bank; Bank of England; Wells Fargo, N.A.; John Does 1-100; Citifinancial Mortgage Company; National City Mortgage and National City Corp.; PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther Oneal Sutter , Benton, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James M. Simpson , Charles Turner Coleman , David L. Williams , Geoffrey B. Treece , Kimberly Wood Tucker , David Michael Donovan , Kathryn Bennett Perkins , Joseph Russell Falasco , Jack Walls Allen , Little Rock, AR, David H. Pittinsky , Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Hefferon , Joseph Yenouskas , Washington, DC, Philip Montgomery , Hot Springs, AR, Brandon Bradshaw Cate , Springdale, AR, Lucia Nale , Thomas V. Panoff , Chicago, IL, Marisa Fortunati , Robert M. Brochin , Miami, FL, Gregory J. Marshall , Phoenix, AZ, David S. Mitchell , Memphis, TN, Elizabeth Frohlich , Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Mayme Brown, the Hot Spring County, Arkansas Circuit Clerk, filed suit in Arkansas state court against the appellees, various originators and servicers of loans (Lenders). Brown alleged that the Lenders used the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) to avoid paying recording fees on mortgage assignments and, thus, deprived Arkansas counties of revenue. The Lenders removed the case to federal court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness...

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