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 | | He sent inquiry letters in April to Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Wells Fargo and Co. and other national banks, telling them that racial disparities in the loan rates ``might indicate a violation of state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination in lending,'' Stein said. |
 | | ``This is a big legal victory for Citigroup, Wells Fargo, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase,'' Jaret Seiberg, an analyst with Stanford Washington Research Group, wrote in a note to clients today. |
 | | Stein also ruled today in a related suit filed by the Clearing House Association, which represents commercial banks, that the federal Fair Housing Act does not give Spitzer the authority to enforce alleged violations of its fair-lending provisions. |
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