No. 19-1270

Steven D. Fodge, et al. v. Trustmark National Bank, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-05-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: active-duty confession-of-judgment due-process foreclosure military-personnel military-protection mortgage-foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act supremacy-clause
Key Terms:
ERISA ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2020-06-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Louisiana's law allowing banks to use 'confession of judgment' clauses to seize and sell the homes of military personnel on active duty without appointing an attorney or affording a hearing violate the Supremacy Clause when the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act invalidates these clauses and suspends these foreclosure proceedings?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Louisiana law allows banks to use “confession of judgment” clauses embedded in mortgage documents to seize and sell the homes of military personnel while on active duty without appointing an attorney for the absent service member and without affording a hearing of any kind. Does this practice violate the Supremacy Clause when the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 3901-4043) invalidates these clauses and temporarily suspends these foreclosure proceedings during the service member’s active military duty?

Docket Entries

2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-05-19
Waiver of right of respondent Barksdale Federal Credit Union to respond filed.
2020-05-18
Waiver of right of respondent Bank of America, N.A. to respond filed.
2020-05-18
Waiver of right of respondent Ocwen Loan Serving, LLC to respond filed.
2020-05-14
Waiver of right of respondent PHH Mortgage Corporation to respond filed.
2020-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent PennyMac Loan Services, L.L.C. to respond filed.
2020-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent Trustmark National Bank to respond filed.
2020-04-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Bank of America, N.A.
Brian Robert MatsuiMorrison & Foerster LLP, Respondent
Brian Robert MatsuiMorrison & Foerster LLP, Respondent
Barksdale Federal Credit Union
Erin F. LorioLitchfield Cavo, LLP, Respondent
Erin F. LorioLitchfield Cavo, LLP, Respondent
Fodge, et al.
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
Ocwen Loan Serving, LLC
Stephen W. RiderMcGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, Respondent
Stephen W. RiderMcGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, Respondent
PennyMac Loan Services, L.L.C.
William Scott HastingsLocke Lord LLP, Respondent
William Scott HastingsLocke Lord LLP, Respondent
PHH Mortgage Corporation
Jaime Ann SantosGoodwin Procter LLP, Respondent
Jaime Ann SantosGoodwin Procter LLP, Respondent
Trustmark National Bank
William Frederick RaySuite 300, Respondent
William Frederick RaySuite 300, Respondent