U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Tara Keen v. Robert Helson
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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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