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Andrew D’Aversa and Aaseesh Polavarapu: Keedy Cup

Students Andrew D’Aversa, L’17 and Aaseesh Polavarapu, L’17 were named the winners of this year’s Edwin R. Keedy Cup, Penn Law’s internal moot court competition. In addition, Andrew Steinmetz, L’17 was named Best Oralist.

Mr. D’Aversa and Mr. Polavarapu won after arguing Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, against two other finalists. The case will determine whether the Fair Housing Act authorizes city governments to sue banks for mortgage lending practices that allegedly discriminate against borrowers on account of their race. Mr. Steinmetz and Jack Wray, L’17, argued for the petitioner while Mr. D’Aversa and Mr. Polavarapu argued for the respondent.

This year’s Keedy judges were the Honorable Steven Colloton of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the Honorable Raymond Lohier of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Patty Shwartz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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