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  • July 18, 2019
    decided Decision issued in Tara Keen v. Robert Helson

Opinions and writings

Opinion By Amul Roger Thapar July 18, 2019

THAPAR, Circuit Judge. To sue someone, you must have a cause of action. And you only have a cause of action under a federal statute if the statute's text provides you one. The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) creates a cause of action but says that only "borrower[s]" can use it.…

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