MERIDIAN INVESTMENTS v. FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTG.

No. 16-1384.

855 F.3d 573 (2017)

MERIDIAN INVESTMENTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION; Federal Housing Finance Agency, Conservator for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Timothy Howard, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jay Ian Igiel , NEALON & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Howard N. Cayne , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Robert B. Nealon , NEALON & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Asim Varma , David B. Bergman , Ian S. Hoffman , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Federal Housing Finance Agency. Graciela M. Rodriguez , Merritt E. McAlister , Taylor T. Lankford , KING & SPALDING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Geoffrey T. Hervey , BREGMAN, BERBERT, SCHWARTZ & GILDAY, LLC, Bethesda, Maryland, for Amicus Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Harris joined.


The genesis of this appeal is an unconsummated business deal between Meridian Investments, Inc. ("Meridian") and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac"). The district court dismissed Meridian's breach-of-contract suit against Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA") (collectively, "Defendants...

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