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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

July 23, 2014

Court Finds that Defendants Failure to Record all Assignments of the Deed did not Violate ORS 86.735

By Ebube Okoli

The court in deciding Romani v. Northwest Trs. Servs., 2013 U.S. Dist. L (D. Or., 2013) granted the motion for summary judgment in favor of Northwest. The plaintiff’s complaint asserted four claims. Plaintiff alleged that the non-judicial foreclosure of her … Continue reading

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January 9, 2014

Oregon Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Oregon Revised Statute § 86.745(1) Claim

By Ebube Okoli

The court in Woods v. United States Bank N.A., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146485 (D. Or. 2013) ultimately granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, and dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment voiding and setting aside the foreclosure of … Continue reading

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July 21, 2013

Oregon Court Rules That MERS’ Role as Beneficiary is Not Inconsistent With the Purpose of Oregon’s Non-Judicial Foreclosure Statute

By Ebube Okoli

The Oregon court in Nigro v. Northwest Trustee Services and Wells Fargo Bank, No. 11 CV 0135 (May 15, 2011) denied the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop a non-judicial foreclosure sale. payday cash loans with no credit … Continue reading

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July 16, 2013

Oregon Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Argument That the Trust Deed Can Only be Foreclosed if a Single Entity Holds Both the Note and Deed

By Ebube Okoli

After receiving a Notice of Default and Election to Sell, the plaintiff in Spencer v. Guaranty Bank et al., No. 10CV0515ST, Deschutes Co. Circuit (May 5, 2011) sought an injunction barring MERS, as well as the other defendants, from bringing … Continue reading

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July 15, 2013

Oregon Court Holds That Oregon’s Non-Judicial Foreclosure Statute Does Not Require Presentment of the Note

By Ebube Okoli

The court in Buckland v. Aurora Loan Services, Josephine County No. 10 CV 1023 (March 18, 2011) granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint for wrongful foreclosure with prejudice. MERS, although not being a party to the case, … Continue reading

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Oregon District Court Finds Claim Preclusion Bars Stop-Foreclosure Action

By Ebube Okoli

In Buckland v. MERS, Or. 11-3053-CL (2011) the court dealt with res judicata and the plaintiff relitigating the same claims that were raised or could have been raised in a previous action. The court found that the same factual transaction … Continue reading

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June 11, 2013

Oregon District Court Dismisses Borrower’s Suit to Invalidate Foreclosure in Favor of BOA and MERS, Stating Lack of Merit

By Orly Graeber

In Moreno v. Bank of America., N.A., 3:11-CV-1265-HZ, (D. Or. Apr. 27, 2012) the U.S. District Court of Oregon, granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff had alleged violations under several federal and state … Continue reading

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