Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. v. Neal

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding \a mortgagor may not wield as a sword HUD regulations [but] may assert . . . regulatory noncompliance as a shield against unauthorized foreclosure actions.\
• “As with all affirmative defenses, [the defendant] bears the burden of proof.”
• ‘‘we are of the opinion that the violations of the HUD mortgage servicing regulations alleged of [the lender] by [the homeowner] may be asserted effectively as an affirmative defense within the injunctive relief apparatus provided’’ by Maryland statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).