COUNTY OF RAMSEY v. MERSCORP HOLDINGS, INC.

Civil No. 13-474(DSD/LIB).

962 F.Supp.2d 1082 (2013)

The COUNTY OF RAMSEY, on behalf of themselves and all other Minnesota counties and The County of Hennepin, on behalf of themselves and all other Minnesota Counties, Plaintiffs, v. MERSCORP HOLDINGS, INC., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., Citigroup, Inc., Citibank, N.A., CitiMortgage, Inc., Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, EverBank, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, GS Mortgage Securities Corp., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc., SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., TCF National Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon, United Guaranty Corporation, U.S. Bank N.A., Wells Fargo Bank N.A., and Does Corporation I-MMM, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

August 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Foley, Esq. , Foley Law Group, John J. Choi, Esq. , John T. Kelly, Esq. , Kyle M. Thomas, Esq. , Office of the Ramsey County Attorney, Kevin C. Quigley, Esq. and Hamilton, Quigley & Twait, PLC, St. Paul, MN; Christian Siebott, Esq., Jeffrey D. Lerner, Esq. and Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New Yorlt, NY; St. Paul, MN; Michael O. Freeman, Esq. , Jane N.B. Holzer, Esq. , Paul R. Hannah, Esq. , Office of the Hennepin County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Robert M. Brochin, Esq. and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Miami, FL; Brendan Radke, Esq. , Elizabeth A. Frohlich, Esq. and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert J. Pratte, Esq. , Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Kevin M. Decker, Esq. , Mark G. Schroeder, Esq. and Briggs & Morgan, PA, Thomas J. Lallier, Esq. , Cameron A. Lallier, Esq. , Thomas W. Pahl, Esq. and Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, Todd A. Noteboom, Esq. , Bryant D. Tchida, Esq. , David R. Crosby, Esq. and Ieonard, Street and Deinard, PA, Charles F. Webber, Esq. , Erin L. Hoffman, Esq. and Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, Sonya R. Braunschweig, Esq. , William F. Stute, Esq. and DLA Piper LLP, Kyle A. Eidsness, Esq. , Timothy D. Kelly, Esq. and Timothy D. Kelly, P.A., Matthew C. Murphy, Esq. and Nilan, Johnson & Lewis, PA, David M. Aafedt, Esq. , Joseph M. Windier, Esq. and Winthrop & Weinstine, PA, Erie R. Sherman, Esq. , Peter W. Carter, Esq. and Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, MinneapoMs, MN; Joseph F. Yenouskas, Esq. , Thomas M. Hefferon, Esq. and Goodwin Procter LLP, Andrew R. Louis, Esq. , Matthew P. Previn, Esq. and Buckley Sandler LLP, Washington, DC; Christopher S. Comstock, Esq. , Lucia Nale, Esq. , Thomas V. Panoff, Esq. and Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL; Brian M. Forbes, Esq. , R. Bruce Allensworth, Esq. , Ryan M. Tosi, Esq. and K & L Gates LLP, Boston, MA; Gregory J. Marshall, Esq. , Todd S. Kartchner, Esq. , Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, AZ; Brandon B. Gate, Esq. , Joseph R. Falasco, Esq. and Quattlebaum. Grooms , Tull & Burrow PLLC, Springdale, AZ, for Defendants.


ORDER

DAVID S. DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court upon the motion to dismiss by defendants (collectively, MERS Defendants).1 Based on a review of the file, record and proceedings herein, and for the following reasons, the motion is granted.

BACKGROUND

This dispute arises out of the MERS Defendants' failure to record mortgage assignments with Minnesota county recorders.

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