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Type
Opinion
Author
Amul Roger Thapar
Filed
July 18, 2019
Case
Tara Keen v. Robert Helson
Case status
Decided

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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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