132334P.pdf   12/19/2014  Plymouth County, Iowa  v.  Merscorp, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-2334
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Colloton, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Civil case - Mortgages. In action alleging defendants improperly deprived 
   plaintiff county of revenue by using the Mortgage Electronic Registration 
   System to avoid paying recording fees on mortgage assignments, the county 
   suffered a loss of fees and interference with its recording system and had 
   standing to bring this action; the district court did not err in 
   dismissing the county's unjust enrichment and conspiracy claims or in 
   denying its requests to pierce the veil and grant injunctive and 
   declaratory relief as Iowa law does not impose a duty on assignees to 
   record assignments of real estate mortgages; proposed amendment to 
   complaint wold be futile, and the district court did not err in denying 
   the county's motion to alter or amend its complaint.