MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. v. Malloy
Annotate this CaseIn 2013, the legislature amended the statutes governing Connecticut’s public land records system to create a two-tiered system in which a nominee of a mortgagee operating a national electronic database to track residential mortgage loans must pay substantially more in recording fees than do other mortgagees. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. and MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. (collectively, Plaintiffs), the only entities currently required to pay the increased recording fees, brought this action against Defendants - the governor, attorney general, treasurer, state librarian, and state public records administrator - seeking injunctive relief and a judgment declaring that this two-tiered fee structure violates various provisions of the federal and state constitutions. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the fees do not violate the equal protection guarantees of the state and federal constitutions or the dormant commerce clause of the federal constitution.
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