ClaimsMichael Burry

“Park Place is therefore the depositor.”

Michael Burry, Scion Capital fund manager, investor letter 2006 Scion Funds annual letters compilation (investorkurs.no)

Factual Economics and markets

Park Place Securities Incorporated (PPSI) is the depositor in the PPSI 2005-WLL1 mortgage deal.

Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

The second judge would not resolve this claim; the verdict shown is the first judge's.

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

What would count as true or false

True: the prospectus, prospectus supplement or SEC filings for the Park Place Securities, Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WLL1 name Park Place Securities, Inc. as depositor. Mostly true: Park Place is the depositor, but a minor detail such as the exact series designation or entity name differs slightly. Mostly false: Park Place played another role (for example sponsor or issuer name only) and another entity was the depositor. False: the filings name a different depositor, or no such deal exists.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (3)

  1. E1 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Farmer (2008 NY Slip Op 51133(U)) New York State Unified Court System / Law Reporting Bureau (Supreme Court, Kings County, Schack, J.) · 5 June 2008

    “and among Park Place Securities, Inc. as ("Depositor") and Litton”
  2. E2 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Farmer (2008 NY Slip Op 51133(U)) New York State Unified Court System / Law Reporting Bureau (Supreme Court, Kings County, Schack, J.) · 5 June 2008

    “Series 2005-WLL1 dated as of March 1, 2005 (the "Agreement") by”
  3. E3 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Farmer (2008 NY Slip Op 51133(U)) New York State Unified Court System / Law Reporting Bureau (Supreme Court, Kings County, Schack, J.) · 5 June 2008

    “Securities, Wells Fargo, N.A. and Litton Loan Servicing LP as dated March 1,”

Reasoning

A 2008 New York Supreme Court opinion (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Farmer) quotes the governing agreement for Series 2005-WLL1, dated as of March 1, 2005 [E2]. That agreement runs "by and among Park Place Securities, Inc. as ('Depositor')", Litton Loan Servicing and Wells Fargo [E1, E3]. This independent source quotes the deal's own agreement and names Park Place Securities, Inc. as depositor for the 2005-WLL1 series, which matches the claim.

Cite this claim

Michael Burry, “Park Place Securities Incorporated (PPSI) is the depositor in the PPSI 2005-WLL1 mortgage deal.” (said 2006). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_78419517bc62, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_78419517bc62

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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