· 8/30/2023
Bennett v. Harford County
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- concluding that a \proposed avenue of review [ ] beset with penalties and other impediments [is] inadequate as a satisfactory alternative to [pre-enforcement review]\
- concluding that a “proposed avenue of review [] beset with penalties and other impediments [is] inadequate as a satisfactory alternative to [pre-enforcement review]”
- Finding that the regulations are “self-executing and have an immediate and substantial impact”
- “Withholding court consideration of an action causes hardship to the plaintiff where the complained-of conduct has an ‘immediate and substantial impact’ on the plaintiff.”
- entering declaratory judgment that § 206.27(c)(1) was invalid as applied to the reverse mortgage at issue, and that the borrower's death was not a triggering event for purposes of HUD's regulations
- requiring litigants to “refuse to comply ... and test the regulations by defending against government criminal, seizure, or injunctive suits against them” is not “a satisfactory alternative to [pre-enforcement review]”
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Judges: Fader
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