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HENNEPIN COUNTY v. FEDERAL NAT. MORTG. ASS'N

No. 13-1821.

742 F.3d 818 (2014)

HENNEPIN COUNTY, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, a federally chartered corporation; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a federally chartered corporation; Federal Housing Finance Agency, as Conservator for Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Defendants-Appellees United States of America, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Orville Freeman , I, argued, Minneapolis, MN ( Paul Robert Hannah , Jane Nora Bowman Holzer , on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael A. Johnson , argued, Washington, DC ( Dirk C. Phillips , Michael Joseph Ciatti , Asim Varma , Howard N. Cayne , Merritt E. McAlister , Michael Leffel , Madison, WI, Jill L. Nicholson , Chicago, IL, on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.

Gilbert Steven Rothenberg , Jonathan S. Cohen , USDOJ, Civil Division, Patrick J. Urda , USDOJ, on the briefs, Washington, DC, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee.

Before MURPHY, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Hennepin County brought this putative class action on behalf of similarly situated Minnesota counties seeking a declaratory judgment that the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) (the federal agencies) violated state law by failing to pay a tax on transfers of deeds to real property. The...

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