This comes in from Naked Capitalism…

Federal Court in Texas Deals a Potentially Serious Blow to MERS

Texas is not exactly a consumer-friendly state, so the Federal court ruling in the Eastern District of Texas against MERS has the potential to have broad ramifications (note a Federal court in Texas will still have to look to Texas law and precedents on real estate matters). Oddly, even though this decision took place last month, it seems to have escaped the notice of most real-estate oriented sites until now. Hat tip to April Charney for highlighting it (literally and figuratively, she marked the filing that I’ve posted below):

Check out the rest here…

Copy of the ruling below…

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4closureFraud.org

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Kingman Holdings v. CitiMortgage & MERS