WONG v. WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.

No. 14-1921.

789 F.3d 889 (2015)

James G. WONG; Daniel R. Jenson; Wanda D. Jenson; Terry Lovett, formerly known as Terry M. Brooks; Bradley Beal; Paula Beal; Alfred Celia; Vicki Musgrave; Patrick Nasi; Natalie Nasi; David Plocek; Stacy Plocek; Terry Rapiach; Lesa Rapiach, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., formerly and/or as successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., First Union National Bank and/or First Union Trust Company; Bann-Cor Mortgage; Master Financial, Inc.; Master Financial Asset Securitization Trust 1997-1; Master Financial Asset Securitization Trust 1998-1; Master Financial Asset Securitization Trust 1998-2, Defendants-Appellees US Bank NA, ND, Defendant Wilmington Trust Company, in its individual capacity, and as trustee of the Country Wide Home Loan Trust 2001-HLV1, PSB Lending Home Loan Trust 1997-3 and 1997-4, and Master Financial Asset Securitization Trust 1997-1, 1998-1, and 1998-2, Defendant-Appellee Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Defendant Countrywide Home Loan Trust 2001-HLV1, Defendant-Appellee Cityscape Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-2; Cityscape Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-3; Cityscape Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-4, Defendants PSB Lending Corporation; PSB Lending Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-3; PSB Lending Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-4, Defendants-Appellees Residential Funding Company, LLC, Defendant Amaximis Lending, LP; The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York; Citimortgage, Inc.; Comstar Mortgage Corporation, formerly known as Accubanc Mortgage Corp.; Franklin Credit Management Company, Defendants-Appellees Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, Defendant Old Republic Financial Acceptance Corporation; Real Time Resolutions, Inc., Defendants-Appellees GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Defendant J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, NA, individually and/or formerly or as successor to Bank One, NA and Chase Manhattan Bank; Home Loan Trust 1997-HI3; Amaximis Company, LLC; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as successor by merger to Banc One Financial Services, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase Bank, as successor by merger to Bank One, N.A., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kip D. Richards , Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, P.C., Kansas City, MO, argued ( R. Frederick Walters , J. Michael Vaughan , David M. Skeens , on the brief), for appellants.

Peter W. Carter , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, argued, ( Paul R. Dieseth , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Mark A. Olthoff , Polsinelli PC, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee Wilmington Trust Co.

Andrew R. Kasnetz , Timothy C. Sansone , Natalie J. Kussart , Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C., St. Louis, MO, for appellee Franklin Credit Management Corp.

Leslie A. Greathouse , J. Loyd Gattis , Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP, Kansas City, MO, for appellees Old Republic Financial Acceptance Corp., and Real Time Resolutions, Inc.

Michael G. Biggers , Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, for appellee JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor to Chase Manhattan Bank.

Peter W. Carter , Paul R. Dieseth , Minneapolis, MN, Mark A. Olthoff , Kansas City, Mo, on the brief, for appellee Wilmington Trust Company.

W. David Wells , Maria G. Zschoche , Brian A. Lamping , Thompson Coburn LLP, for appellees Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., PSB Lending Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-3, PSB Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-4, and Countrywide Home Loan Trust 2001-HLV1.

Louis F. Bonacorsi , Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, Jennifer A. Donnelli , Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO, for appellee Citimortgage, Inc.

Daniel L. McClain , The McClain Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, for appellees PSB Lending Corp., and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor to Bank One, N.A.

W. Perry Brandt , Thomas F. Nanney , Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO, for appellee The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

Before MURPHY and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and BROOKS, District Judge.


This class action was filed by borrowers in Missouri who took out second mortgages on their homes through Bann-Cor Mortgage, Inc. (Bann-Cor), and allege that Bann-Cor and various assignees and purchasers violated the Missouri Second Mortgage Loan Act (MSMLA) by charging or collecting impermissible fees. The district court...

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