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HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS v. MERSCORP INC.

No. 14-10392.

791 F.3d 545 (2015)

HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS; Brazoria County Texas, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated counties in Texas; Dallas County, Texas, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. MERSCORP INCORPORATED; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Incorporated; Bank of America National Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Ferris Malouf , Jeremy Charles Martin , Malouf & Nockels, L.L.P., Barbara S. Nicholas , Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel, Tammy Jean Ardolf , Assistant District Attorney, Teresa Guerra Snelson , District Attorney's Office for the County of Dallas, Dallas, TX, Barbara Arthur Radnofsky , Law Offices of Barbara Radnofsky, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Allyson Newton Ho , Paulo B. McKeeby , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Rodney Acker , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Robert M. Brochin , Clay M. Carlton , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Miami, FL, David Jack Levy , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Thomas M. Hefferon, Esq. , Joseph F. Yenouskas , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Laurence Stephen Kurth, Esq. , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before DENNIS, PRADO, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

This appeal explores the tension between public and private systems for recording real property interests in Texas. Plaintiffs-Appellants — Dallas, Harris, and Brazoria Counties (collectively, "the Counties") — filed this lawsuit against MERSCORP, Inc., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,...

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