Murphy v. Aurora Loan Services, LLC’s Empirical Analysis
699 F.3d 1027 · 2012
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Marshall v. Marshall · Davis v. Re-Trac Manufacturing Corporation · Orr v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Levy v. Ohl · Jackson v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where attorneys act within the scope of their employment, Minnesota law provides protection from liability to third parties. McDonald v. Stewart, 289 Minn. 35 , 182 N.W.2d 437, 440 (1970). Absent knowing participation in fraud, none of the work performed by [the law firm] as foreclosing attorney for Aurora can give rise to an actionable claim. See id. Minnesota court rules, like the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, require fraud to be pled with particularity. See Minn. R. Civ. P. 9.02. To pierce [the law firm’s] professional immunity by adequately pleading fraud, Homeowners must plead the circumstances of fraud “with particularity.” Great Plains Trust Co. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 492 F.3d 986, 995 (8th Cir.2007) (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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