City Of Buffalo v. ABN Amro Mortgage Group Inc.

For those of you who have recently been looking for a copy of the lawsuit brought by the City of Buffalo, New York against a host of lenders on account of the blight caused by abandoned houses in foreclosure in that city, see City of Buffalo v. ABN Amro Mortgage Group Inc., et al. (3.67 MB; available online courtesy of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP).

I recently discovered an expired link that appeared in several earlier posts referencing this lawsuit that I have since corrected. If any of you have a problem with this link in the future, simply email me at HomeEquityTheft@yahoo.com and I'll email the lawsuit to you (please put "City of Buffalo v. ABN Amro" in the subject line).

Sorry for any inconvenience the expired link may have caused.

For other "blight-related" and public nuisance lawsuits brought by municipalities and others, see:

• Lawsuit - Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Doherty,
• Lawsuit - City of Cleveland v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company, et al. (if you have a problem with this link, drop me a line at HomeEquityTheft@yahoo.com and I'll e-mail it to you - be sure and put "City of Cleveland v. Deutsche Bank" in "subject" line),
• Media report - Cleveland sues 21 investment banks over subprime mess,
• Media report - St. Paul threatens legal action against banks that own vacant houses,
• Media report - Cities sue home lenders (Civic group, City of Minneapolis initiate legal action taking banks, lenders to court for failing to fix up foreclosed homes) (Go here for entire story on one web page),
• Media report - Empty Homes Spur Cities' Suits (Banks, lenders sued to recover costs),
• Blog entry - Cleveland Housing Court Judge Hammering Foreclosing Lenders With Fines, Code Violations.