Sacramento’s Discriminatory Lending Suit Against Wells Fargo Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (August 26, 2019, 1:35 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Aug. 22 denied a motion to dismiss the city of Sacramento’s lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. of engaging in discriminatory lending, finding that the city sufficiently stated claims against the lender and that it should be allowed to amend its claim that it suffered lost revenue from the increased expenditure on municipal services as a result of the lender’s actions (Sacramento v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al, No. 18-cv-00416, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143296)....