Counties Ask Judge To Deny Amendment Request In Discriminatory Lending Suit

Mealey's (April 22, 2021, 6:01 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — Two Maryland counties on April 2 asked a federal judge in Maryland to reject a motion filed by Wells Fargo & Co. and two of its related entities to amend his ruling substantially denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss to allow them to certify for immediate appeal the question of whether the counties sufficiently alleged a direct relationship between their alleged injuries stemming from the defendants’ alleged discriminatory lending practices as required to meet the proximate cause requirement of the Fair Housing Act (FHA)....