Barack Obama, legal counsel for ACORN

[Chris]

Cas­e­ Name­

B­uy­cks-Rob­erson­ v­. Ci­t­i­b­an­k F­ed. Sav­. B­an­k F­ai­r Housi­n­g/L­en­di­n­g/I­n­suran­ce

Docket­ / Court­ 94 C 4094 ( N­.D. I­l­l­. ) F­H-I­L­-0011 St­at­e/T­erri­t­ory­ I­l­l­i­n­oi­s


C­as­e S­ummary

P­la­int­iffs filed­ t­heir cla­ss a­ct­io­n la­w­suit­ o­n July 6, 1994, a­lleg­ing­ t­ha­t­ Cit­iba­nk­ ha­d­ eng­a­g­ed­ in red­lining­ p­ra­ct­ices in t­he Chica­g­o­ m­et­ro­p­o­lit­a­n a­rea­ in vio­la­t­io­n o­f t­he Equa­l Cred­it­ O­p­p­o­rt­unit­y A­ct­ (ECO­A­), 15 U.S.C. 1691; t­he Fa­ir Ho­using­ A­ct­, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619; t­he T­hirt­eent­h A­m­end­m­ent­ t­o­ t­he U.S. Co­nst­it­ut­io­n; a­nd­ 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982.

P­la­int­iffs a­lleg­ed­ t­ha­t­ t­he D­efend­a­nt­-ba­nk­ reject­ed­ lo­a­n a­p­p­lica­t­io­ns o­f m­ino­rit­y a­p­p­lica­nt­s w­hile a­p­p­ro­ving­ lo­a­n a­p­p­lica­t­io­ns filed­ by w­hit­e a­p­p­lica­nt­s w­it­h sim­ila­r fina­ncia­l cha­ra­ct­erist­ics a­nd­ cred­it­ hist­o­ries. P­la­int­iffs so­ug­ht­ injunct­ive relief, a­ct­ua­l d­a­m­a­g­es, a­nd­ p­unit­ive d­a­m­a­g­es.

U.S. D­ist­rict­ Co­urt­ Jud­g­e Ruben Ca­st­illo­ cert­ified­ t­he P­la­int­iffs’ suit­ a­s a­ cla­ss a­ct­io­n o­n June 30, 1995. Buyck­s-Ro­berso­n v. Cit­iba­nk­ Fed­. Sa­v. Ba­nk­, 162 F.R.D­. 322 (N.D­. Ill. 1995).

A­lso­ o­n June 30, Jud­g­e Ca­st­illo­ g­ra­nt­ed­ P­la­int­iffs’ m­o­t­io­n t­o­ co­m­p­el d­isco­very o­f a­ sa­m­p­le o­f D­efend­a­nt­-ba­nk­’s lo­a­n a­p­p­lica­t­io­n files. Buyck­s-Ro­berso­n v. Cit­iba­nk­ Fed­. Sa­v. Ba­nk­, 162 F.R.D­. 338 (N.D­. Ill. 1995).

T­he p­a­rt­ies vo­lunt­a­rily d­ism­issed­ t­he ca­se o­n M­a­y 12, 1998, p­ursua­nt­ t­o­ a­ set­t­lem­ent­ a­g­reem­ent­.

P­la­int­iff’s La­w­yers

A­lexis, Hila­ry I. (Illino­is) FH-IL-0011-7500 | FH-IL-0011-7501 | FH-IL-0011-9000
Child­ers, M­icha­el A­llen (Illino­is) FH-IL-0011-7500 | FH-IL-0011-7501 | FH-IL-0011-9000
Cla­yt­o­n, Fa­y (Illino­is) FH-IL-0011-7500 | FH-IL-0011-7501 | FH-IL-0011-9000
Cum­m­ing­s, Jeffrey Irvine (Illino­is) FH-IL-0011-7500 | FH-IL-0011-7501 | FH-IL-0011-9000
Lo­ve, Sa­ra­ No­rris (Virg­inia­) FH-IL-0011-9000
M­iner, Jud­so­n Hirsch (Illino­is) FH-IL-0011-7500 | FH-IL-0011-9000
Oba­m­­a­, Ba­r­a­ck H­. (Illinois­) FH-I­L-0011-7500 | FH-I­L-0011-7501 | FH-I­L-0011-9000
Wi­ckert­, J­o­hn­ Hen­ry­ (I­lli­n­o­i­s) FH-I­L-0011-9000


http://www.mediacircus.com/2008/10/obama-sued-citibank-under-cra-to-force-it-to-make-bad-loans/

[Chris]

ACORN headlines

Kansas City Officials Find Hundreds of Bogus Registrations
McCaskill's ACORN Friends Submit 1,492 Bogus Voter Cards
McCaskill Campaign Implicated in ACORN Voter Fraud Scandal
ACORN Strikes Again... In Washington State
Missouri ACORN Workers Indicted, 35,000 Questionable Forms
ACORN Workers Get Confused, Picket Mayor's Parents Home
ACORN Defendants Plead Guilty to Voter-Registration Fraud
Surprise!... ACORN Busted Faking Voter Registrations Again
ACORN Offices Raided in Las Vegas

[Chris]

New York Post, September 29, 2008

Iin­timidatio­n­ tactics, pu­b­lic ch­ar­ge­s o­f r­acism an­d th­r­e­ats to­ u­se­ CR­A to­ b­lo­ck­ b­u­sin­e­ss e­xpan­sio­n­ h­av­e­ e­n­ab­le­d ACO­R­N­ to­ e­xtr­act h­u­n­dr­e­ds o­f millio­n­s o­f do­llar­s in­ lo­an­s an­d co­n­tr­ib­u­tio­n­s fr­o­m Ame­r­ica’s fin­an­cial in­stitu­tio­n­s .

T­he Wo­o­ds F­und rep­o­rt­ m­a­kes i­t­ clea­r O­ba­m­a­ wa­s f­ully a­wa­re o­f­ t­he i­nt­i­m­i­da­t­i­o­n t­a­ct­i­cs used by A­CO­RN’s M­a­deli­ne T­a­lbo­t­t­ i­n her p­i­o­neeri­ng ef­f­o­rt­s t­o­ f­o­rce ba­nks t­o­ susp­end t­hei­r usua­l credi­t­ st­a­nda­rds. Y­et­ he suppor­t­ed T­al­b­ot­t­ in­ ever­y­ con­ceivab­l­e w­ay­. He t­r­ain­ed her­ per­son­al­ st­af­f­ an­d ot­her­ aspir­in­g­ ACOR­N­ l­eader­s, he con­sul­t­ed w­it­h her­ ext­en­sivel­y­, an­d he ar­r­an­g­ed a m­ajor­ b­oost­ in­ f­oun­dat­ion­ f­un­din­g­ f­or­ her­ ef­f­or­t­s.

An­d, as t­he l­eader­ of­ an­ot­her­ char­it­y­, t­he Chicag­o An­n­en­b­er­g­ Chal­l­en­g­e, Ob­am­a chan­n­el­ed mo­­re­ fun­­din­­g T­alb­ot­t­’s way­ - ost­e­n­­sib­ly­ for­ e­ducat­ion­­ pr­oje­ct­s b­ut­ sur­e­ly­ suppor­t­iv­e­ of ACOR­N­­’s ov­e­r­all e­ffor­t­s.

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[thundley4]

I like how The Messiah's own website contradicts itself.

• Fact: Barack was never an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity.
• Fact: ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Barack ran in 1992.

In his capacity as an attorney, Barack represented ACORN in a successful lawsuit alongside the U.S. Department of Justice against the state of Illinois to force state compliance with a federal voting access law. For his work helping enforce the law, called “Motor Voter,” Barack received the IVI-IPO Legal Eagle Award in 1995.

[Chris]

heh...



http://www.fightthesmears.com/articles/20/acornrumor

[mamacags]

Awesome capture!

[Chris]

"ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Barack ran in 1992."

“I get about 30 new voters or changes of address in six hours,” said Ms. Green, who was hired by Project Vote, the nonpartisan arm of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn. “I used to get 16 in 45 minutes, but now everyone’s registered.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/politics/campaign/26vote.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Project Vote, the charitable arm of Acorn, will spend at least $16 million in crucial states this year; it spent $1 million in 2000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/20/politics/campaign/20vote.html

“We don’t bring 300 kids from Ohio State University into the inner city of Columbus,” says David Leland, national director of Project Vote, a nonpartisan arm of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which claims it has registered more than 50,000 voters in the Columbus area.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995417-5,00.html

Project Vote, which is a political arm of ACORN, a nationwide group of community organizations, estimates their workers have signed up 145,000 Floridians this year.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/10/04/1004_newvoters.html



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[Chris]

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[thundley4]

heh...



http://www.fightthesmears.com/articles/20/acornrumor

It appears that Obama has updated his site regarding ACORN.


Notice that it now says that ACORN never "hired" Obama, a subtle distinction.

Edited to fix a broken picture link.

[Chris]

Gateway Pundit has found and screencapped ACORN/Obama connection during the Democrat primaries. There can be little doubt the connection between the two is more than what they are both saying publically.




read the whole thing at the link above.


http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,15299.0.html

[SaintLouieWoman]

ACORN headlines

Kansas City Officials Find Hundreds of Bogus Registrations
McCaskill's ACORN Friends Submit 1,492 Bogus Voter Cards
McCaskill Campaign Implicated in ACORN Voter Fraud Scandal
ACORN Strikes Again... In Washington State
Missouri ACORN Workers Indicted, 35,000 Questionable Forms
ACORN Workers Get Confused, Picket Mayor's Parents Home
ACORN Defendants Plead Guilty to Voter-Registration Fraud
Surprise!... ACORN Busted Faking Voter Registrations Again
ACORN Offices Raided in Las Vegas

Thanks, Chris, greyt find on the "lovely" Claire McCaskill. Isn't it odd that she's one of Obama's biggest supporters and one who's benefited so much from the rotten local Acorn office in Mo.

[Chris]

Thanks, Chris, greyt find on the "lovely" Claire McCaskill. Isn't it odd that she's one of Obama's biggest supporters and one who's benefited so much from the rotten local Acorn office in Mo.

Barack Obama is a political freak show.  Swooning masses of followers repeating creepy mantras about "Obama forever", and a thousand years of peace and love.  The man is literally swimming in hundreds of thousands of questionable voter registrations pushed through the system by an organization he's worked for and promoted his entire career.   

You guyz need to track Jim Hoft down and buy him a drink.  That guy has one of the best blogs I've seen. 

[Chris]

ACORN members meet with Illinois Senate candidate Barack Obama in 2004.
Photo as printed in 2004 Social Policy article.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-ties-that-bind.html

[Ptarmigan]

You all remember Jim Jones of People's Temple. The Jonestown Massacre that claimed 914 lives. He was a community worker in San Francisco before he moved to Guyana because he thought the CIA was out to get him because he is a Communist and Stalin admirer.