Detroit-Area Sheriff Sued Over Foreclosure Moratorium

In Wayne County, Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports:

• A mortgage company today sued Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans, saying the sheriff has no legal basis to halt the sale of foreclosed homes. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, on behalf of Towne Mortgage Co. in Troy, asks Judge Paul Borman to order Evans to start holding the sales again. [...] Evans announced last week that he believes the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, approved by Congress last fall, trumps state law and preempts him from selling foreclosed homes.

For more, see Evans is sued over foreclosure plans.

For Sheriff Evans response to Towne Mortgage's announcement, see Full statement from Sheriff Warren Evans.