Ill. Lender Says CFPB Redlining Suit Violates 1st Amendment

By Celeste Bott · August 10, 2022, 9:35 PM EDT

A Chicago mortgage lender told an Illinois federal judge on Wednesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's suit attempting to hold it liable for allegedly disparaging majority-Black neighborhoods is based on...

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Case Information

Case Title

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc.

Case Number

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

440 Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

July 15, 2020

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