United States Fourth Circuit

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act section 8(b) is a prohibition on kickbacks, rather than a broad price control provision applicable to any overcharge for real estate settlement services; denial of class certification and dismissal of complaint alleging overcharge for credit reports were proper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/04/2002
• Decided 05/22/2002
• Published 05/22/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  James Evan Felman, Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Appellant.  Christine N. Kohl, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.  Michael Schatzow, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Katherine Earle Yanes, Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, Florida;  Andrew N. Friedman, Gary E. Mason, Victoria S. Nugent, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, D.C.;  Lee S. Shalov, Shalov, Stone & Bonner, New York, New York;  Peter D. Fastow, Steven B. Preller, Troese, Fastow & Preller, L.L.C., Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellant. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Michel Jay Singer, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;  Richard A. Hauser, General, Peter S. Race, Assistant General, Joan L. Kayagil, United States Department of Housing And Urban Development, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.  Mark D. Maneche, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.