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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al.

  • Practice Area(s): Fair & Responsible Banking, Litigation
  • Attorney(s): Sandler, Andrew L.; Klubes, Benjamin B.; Tucker, Jonice Gray; Hletko, Valerie L.
  • Case Date(s): 2008
  • Court: D. Md.
  • Judge: Motz, J. Frederick
  • State: Maryland
  • Docket No. 1:08-CV-00062

Ongoing representation of Wells Fargo in lawsuit brought by Baltimore City alleging “reverse redlining” under the FHA on the theory that Defendants offered African-American borrowers subprime loans at higher costs than their similarly situated Caucasian counterparts, which, in turn, triggered a disparate amount of foreclosures in the City’s predominately African-American neighborhoods, thereby reducing city revenues and increasing city costs. Case was dismissed twice but has been refiled.