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COUNTY OF COOK v. BANK OF AMERICA CORP.

No. 14 C 2280.

584 F.Supp.3d 562 (2022)

COUNTY OF COOK, Plaintiff, v. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed February 10, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Perry, Jr. , Page Perry , David J. Worley , James M. Evangelista , Pro Hac Vice, Kristi Stahnke McGregor , Leslie Toran , Pro Hac Vice, Evangelista Worley, LLC, Atlanta, GA, J. Birt Reynolds , Pro Hac Vice, F. Jennifer Sarah Czeisler , Pro Hac Vice, John David Hughes , Pro Hac Vice, Leigh Smith , Pro Hac Vice, Peggy J. Wedgworth , Sanford P. Dumain , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Garden City, NY, Kenneth A. Wexler , Melinda J. Morales , Wexler Boley & Elgersma LLP, Michelle M. Montgomery , James D. Montgomery, Sr. , James D. Montgomery & Associates, Ltd., Umar Sattar , Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago, IL, Mark J. Tamblyn , Pro Hac Vice, Wexler Boley & Elgersma LLP, Sacramento, CA, Roy Shimon , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Alicia Rubio , Pro Hac Vice, Catalina E. Azuero , Pro Hac Vice, Benjamin Cox , Pro Hac Vice, Christopher J.C. Herbert , Pro Hac Vice, Courtney L. Hayden , Pro Hac Vice, Henry C. Dinger , Pro Hac Vice, James W. McGarry , Yvonne W. Chan , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, Thomas M. Hefferon , Joseph F. Yenouskas , Levi Swank , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew S. Sheldon , Sabrina M. Rose-Smith , Goodwin & Procter LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Laurence Motto , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Ryan Marc Dunigan , Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, for Defendant Bank of America Corporation.

Alicia Rubio , Pro Hac Vice, Catalina E. Azuero , Pro Hac Vice, Benjamin Cox , Pro Hac Vice, Christopher J.C. Herbert , Pro Hac Vice, Courtney L. Hayden , Pro Hac Vice, Henry C. Dinger , Pro Hac Vice, James W. McGarry , Yvonne W. Chan , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, Thomas M. Hefferon , Joseph F. Yenouskas , Matthew S. Sheldon , Sabrina M. Rose-Smith , Goodwin & Procter LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Laurence Motto , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Ryan Marc Dunigan , Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, for Defendants Bank of America N.A., Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Bank FSB, Countrywide Warehouse Lending LLC, BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Merrill Lynch Mortgage Captial Inc., Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.

Thomas M. Hefferon , Joseph F. Yenouskas , Matthew S. Sheldon , Sabrina M. Rose-Smith , Goodwin & Procter LLP, Washington, DC, Benjamin Cox , Pro Hac Vice, Christopher J.C. Herbert , Pro Hac Vice, Courtney L. Hayden , Pro Hac Vice, Henry C. Dinger , Pro Hac Vice, James W. McGarry , Yvonne W. Chan , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, Joseph Laurence Motto , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Ryan Marc Dunigan , Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, for Defendant Countrywide Home Loans Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Nearly eight years ago, Cook County filed this action under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 ("FHA") to recover for economic and non-economic injuries that it claims to have suffered as a result of defendants' predatory and discriminatory scheme to strip equity from...

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