County of Cook v. Bank of America Corporation, et al
Case Number:
22-1407
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Nature of Suit:
3443 Civil Rights Accommodations
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August 16, 2023
7th Circ. Won't Revive Illinois County's BofA Lending Row
The Seventh Circuit refused Wednesday to revive allegations by Illinois' largest county that it lost millions of dollars in taxes due to foreclosures resulting from discriminatory lending practices at Bank of America, saying the "long causal chain" it tried to establish "poses administrative problems beyond a federal judge's skills."
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October 27, 2022
7th Circ. Seems Wary Of Reviving County's BofA Lending Row
A Seventh Circuit panel on Thursday pushed back against Cook County's contention that it could establish proximate cause from Bank of America's allegedly discriminatory lending practices to the county's injuries from the resulting foreclosures, questioning if those injuries were too far removed from the bank's purported misconduct.