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Newly Filed Shareholder Cases Challenge FHFA’s Structure

July 14, 2017
GSE shareholders are continuing to argue that the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is unconstitutional. The topic has come up ever since a 2016 ruling found that the similarly structured Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not constitutional. Two new cases filed within the past month in Michigan and Minnesota are asking the courts to vacate the Treasury sweep of GSE profits altogether. In late June, three GSE shareholders filed a fresh lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The three plaintiffs, Atif Bhatti, Tyler Whitney and Michael Carmody, also want the court to strike the...
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