McGookey Law Offices has won a landmark foreclosure case in state court in southern Ohio. Judge Kenneth Zuk of Clermont County ruled that Deutsche Bank had wrongfully filed the lawsuit on April 16, 2008, when it claimed it was the holder of the homeowners' promissory note, but did not present sufficient proof that it had actual physical possession of the instrument on that date. The Judge therefore indicated that the case would be dismissed. With that dismissal, every order, including the order confirming the purchase of the home by Deutsche at the Sheriff's sale, and the order requiring the homeowners to vacate will be set aside, and ownership restored to the homeowners. This huge victory strikes at the very core of the questionable practices of securitized lenders, and most importantly, forces them out of the shadows to provide qualified proof, as opposed to simply making bald assertions, that they are indeed entitled to foreclosure. This decision is a milestone in the fight by millions of vicitimized homeowners to save their homes.