5th Circuit Dismisses Borrower’s Appeal Of Dismissal Of ECOA Suit

(November 29, 2023, 10:54 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 28 dismissed a borrower’s appeal challenging the dismissal of his lawsuit alleging that a lender violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) by denying him a mortgage loan based on an allegedly incomplete loan application, noting that the borrower failed to file his appellant brief on time....