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123494P.pdf 12/31/2013 Mayme Brown v. Mortgage Electronic
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-3494
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Class Action Fairness Act. In action by an Arkansas county
circuit clerk alleging various originators and servicers of loans used the
Mortgage Electronic Registration System to avoid paying recording fees on
mortgage assignments, the district court did not err in exercising
jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act as plaintiff alleged a
class action claim for illegal extraction, and the class for the claim was
all Arkansas taxpayers; the district court did not err in exercising
supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiff's state law claims and did not
err in declining to abstain from deciding those claims; plaintiff's state
law unjust enrichment and Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims
failed to state a claim, and the district court did not err in dismissing
them under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).