Fairholme Funds, the plaintiff in an ongoing GSE shareholder lawsuit, hosted a conference call late last week and dished on recent developments in the case. “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are obligated to protect the capital of all preferred shareholders, not just one of those shareholders, the Obama Treasury,” said Bruce Berkowitz, Fairholme’s CEO. Plaintiffs in Fairholme Funds Inc. v. United States, et al, argue that the U.S. Treasury’s net worth sweep of GSE profits is against the law. “And, really, only those who oppose the dream of American homeownership would attempt to dismantle two publicly traded, shareholder-owned companies that have single-handedly provided $7 trillion in liquidity to support America’s mortgage market since 2009,” he said.