818 F. Supp. 2d 336 - Smith v. Jenkins’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
October 2013
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Baxter v. Palmigiano · Mitchell v. United States · International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson · Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp. · Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.
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“Jenkins trolled the margins of society for the gullible (like Smith) and the greedy ... whom he recruited as straw “investors” in shady real estate deals. With the help of louche mortgage brokers and a complicit attorney, the “investors” were inveigled into taking out “liar loans” for the purchase of overvalued residential properties. The “investors” received a small fee, while Jenkins and his cohorts (including the brokers) skimmed fees and commissions from the grossly inflated purchase prices.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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