Court sides with Nevada in BoA foreclosure case

* 9th Circuit sends case back to Nevada state court

* Lawsuit alleges mortgage abuses against Bank of America

By Andrew Longstreth

NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday granted Nevada’s request to send its lawsuit alleging mortgage modification and foreclosure abuses against Bank of America Corp back to Nevada state court.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by a lower court, which had concluded that the lawsuit belonged in federal court.

Nevada’s complaint, filed in Clark County, Nevada, in January 2011, alleges that Bank of America misled consumers about the terms of its home mortgage modification and foreclosure processes.

Nevada also accused the bank of violating terms of a consent judgment it and several of its subsidiaries had entered into with the state in February 2009.

After Bank of America removed the lawsuit to federal court, Nevada’s request to send it back to state court was denied.

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STATE OF NEVADA v. BANK OF AMERICA OPINION

State of Nevada vs Bank of America