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101340P.pdf 09/09/2011 Jerry Washington v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-1340
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Shepherd
Circuit Judge]
Civil case - Consumer law. This opinion vacates the Court's July 28,
2011 opinion. Because interest accrued for two days before the plaintiffs
received back improperly assessed fees, they raised a material issue of fact
as to whether they suffered a loss as a result of defendant's violation of
the Missouri Second Mortgage Loan Act; prepaid interest charge was an
additional violation of the statute.
101340P.pdf 07/28/2011 Jerry Washington v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-1340
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and
Shepherd, Circuit Judge]
Civil case - Class Action Fairness Act. District court erred in finding
that plaintiffs did not suffer a loss for purposes of the Missouri Second
Mortgage Lender's Act because the lender later disbursed fees which had
been collected in error; this court could not determine whether the fees
violated the Act, and the matter would have to be remanded to the district
court for further proceedings on the issue; district court erred in finding a
$60 document processing/delivery fee was an authorized closing cost
under the Act as Missouri courts have found such fees are not authorized;
because the lender was precluded from collecting the processing/delivery
fee, its collection of $37.80 in prepaid interest also violated the Act.