August 27, 2014
The First Circuit on Wednesday tossed two class actions demanding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pay state real estate transfer taxes, affirming the constitutionality of the tax exemptions in the mortgage giants' congressionally authorized charters.
January 08, 2014
The federal government moved to intervene Tuesday in a consolidated appeal in which a Massachusetts county and a Rhode Island town are asking the First Circuit to reverse lower court rulings that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are exempt from paying state real estate transfer taxes.
November 26, 2013
A Massachusetts county asked the First Circuit on Friday to reverse a lower court's ruling that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are exempt from paying real estate transfer taxes in the state, saying Congress violated the 10th Amendment by giving them immunity from state taxes.