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Fifth Circuit denies class certification of kickback claims under RESPA

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2009

In Mims v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., 2009 WL 4642631 (5th Cir. Dec. 9, 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit considered whether plaintiffs can bring class claims under Section 8(b) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (“RESPA”), codified in relevant part at 12 U.S.C. 2607(c), where a service provider’s fee “bears no relationship” to the service provided