City of Spokane v. Federal National Mortgage Assn
Opinion
Opinion
Bybee, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CITY OF SPOKANE, on behalf of itself No. 13-35655 and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:13-cv-00020- v. LRS
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION, AKA Fannie Mae, a OPINION federally chartered corporation;
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE
CORPORATION, AKA Freddie Mac, a federally chartered corporation;
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY, as conservator for Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Defendants-Appellees,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Intervenor-Appellee.
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Lonny R. Suko, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted October 8, 2014—Seattle, Washington 2 CITY OF SPOKANE V. FED. NAT’L MORTGAGE ASS’N
Filed December 30, 2014
Before: Richard A. Paez, Jay S. Bybee, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Bybee
SUMMARY*
Statutory Exemption
The panel affirmed the district court’s judgment in favor of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home…