MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA. v. MERSCORP INC.

No. 14-4315.

795 F.3d 372 (2015)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Recorder of Deeds, By and Through Nancy J. Becker, In Her Official Capacity as the Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on its own Behalf and on Behalf of all others Similarly Situated v. MERSCORP INC; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Brochin, Esq. (Argued), Brian M. Ercole, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, FL, Peter Buscemi, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, Franco A. Corrado, Esq. , Joseph B.G. Fay, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Nicholas C. Vance, Esq. , GlaxoSmithKline, Andrew C. Whitney, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Joseph C. Kohn, Esq. (Argued), Craig W. Hillwig, Esq. , William E. Hoese, Esq. , Robert J. LaRocca, Esq. , Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Esq. , Jennifer E. Kelly, Esq. , Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca, Gary E. Mason, Esq. , Jason S. Rathod, Esq. , Whitfield, Bryson & Mason, Washington, DC, Charles J. LaDuca, Esq. , Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca, Bethesda, MD, William H. Lamb, Esq. , Maureen M. McBride, Esq. , James C. Sargent, Jr., Esq. , Lamb McErlane, West Chester, PA, for Appellee.

David J. Bird, Esq. , Paige H. Forster, Esq. , Henry F. Reichner, Esq. , Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA, for Amicus Appellant Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

Gregory W. Happ, Esq. , Medina, OH, for Amicus Appellee National Association of Independent Land Title Agents.

Edward J. Hayes, Esq. , Lauren P. McKenna, Esq. , Robert S. Tintner, Esq. , Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellant Pennsylvania Land Title Association.

David R. Fine, Esq. , Raymond P. Pepe, Esq. , K & L Gates, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus Appellant Pennsylvania Bankers Association.

Benjamin D. Geffen, Esq. , Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellees Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Community Legal Services Inc., Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, National Association of Consumer Advocates and Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley.

Max Weinstein, Esq. , Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, Jamaica Plain, for Amicus Appellees Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, Rebecca Tushnet, Joseph William Singer, David Reiss and Melanie Leslie.

Jeffrey S. Shank, Esq. , John M. Smith, Esq. , Gingrich Smith Klingensmith and Dolan, Elizabeth, PA, for Amicus Appellee Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds Association.

Carmen P. Belefonte, Esq. , Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, Media, PA, Simon B. Paris, Esq. , Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellee Thomas J. Judge, Sr.

Louis B. Kupperman, Esq. , Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, Joshua D. Snyder, Esq. , Boni & Zack, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for Amicus Appellees Counsel of Bucks, County of Chester and Joseph J. Szafran.

Rigel C. Farr, Esq. , Louis B. Kupperman, Esq. , Joshua D. Snyder, Esq. , Daniel P. Finegan, Esq. , William J. Leonard, Esq. , Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellee Richard T. Loughery.

Before: CHAGARES, KRAUSE and BARRY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In 2011, Appellee Nancy J. Becker, the Recorder of Deeds for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ("the Recorder"), brought this action on behalf of herself and other similarly situated county recorders of deeds in Pennsylvania against MERSCORP, Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc...

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