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In re Ameriquest Mortgage Co. Mortgage Lending Practices Litigation

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70805 (2007)

Property
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Barbara Skanes (plaintiff) alleged Ameriquest Mortgage (defendant) and its appraiser (defendant) inflated her home's appraised value to increase her loan amount and Ameriquest's profit, asserting both a federal Truth-in-Lending Act claim and state-law fraud claims against the defendants; the appraiser moved to dismiss the state-law claims.

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Whether state-law fraud claims against a mortgage lender and appraiser form part of the same case or controversy as a federal Truth-in-Lending Act claim, supporting supplemental jurisdiction.

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