‘ONLY YOU WOULD BE SO BOLD’
COURT: CITIES CAN SUE BANKS OVER PREDATORY LOANS
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities can sue banks for discriminatory mortgage lending practices, but they must prove that predatory loans led to damages such as lost tax revenue and higher spending on municipal services.
The decision was a partial victory both for Miami, which sought standing to sue banks under the Fair Housing Act, and for Bank of America and Wells Fargo, which argued that the city’s damages were too many steps removed from the original loans. The dispute now returns to lower courts for further action.
The 5-3 ruling was written by Justice Stephen Breyer and backed by the court’s liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts. Three justices — Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito — argued that the city had no right to sue under the landmark 1968 civil rights law in the first place. Newly confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch did not take part in the decision.
REPORTS: ONE DEAD, OTHERS STABBED AT UT-AUSTIN
One person is dead and multiple people have been stabbed in an incident Monday at the University of Texas-Austin, according to campus police and Austin authorities.
A suspect is in custody, the university said via social media.
Campus police said via Twitter that a suspect has been apprehended for stabbing two people and assaulting a third. Campus police also confirmed that one of the stabbing victims died. MAULED BY SON’S PIT BULL AGAIN, COUPLE CLING TO LIFE
A husband and wife are fighting for their lives after being mauled by their son’s pit bull, which attacked them two weeks ago, police said.
The wife had been hospitalized in the earlier incident, while her husband was treated at a hospital for dog bites and released, Roseville (Mich.) Police Chief James Berlin said. The son, who owns the dog, was issued two tickets at the time, Berlin said.
Both were hospitalized Monday in critical condition after Berlin said the same dog viciously mauled the couple in their home Sunday night. ALSO...
uMore than two-dozen passengers were injured after an Aeroflot flight encountered severe turbulence Monday on its way from Moscow to Bangkok. Fifteen Russians and two Thai citizens remained hospitalized Monday, officials said.