United States Fourth Circuit
Robertson v. Sea Pines Real Estates Cos., Inc., 11-1538
In two consolidated putative class actions brought by purchasers of real estate brokerage services in South Carolina, alleging that the real estate brokerages serving as board members of the local multiple listing service (MLS) conspired to unfairly restrain market competition in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the district court's denial of the defendants' motions to dismiss the complaints is affirmed, where: 1) the plaintiffs sufficiently pled the plurality of actors necessary for section 1 to apply, as the actions and deliberations of the MLS were not intracorporate activity; and 2) the plaintiffs adequately pled a conspiracy and a restraint of trade.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/14/2012
- Published 05/14/2012
Judges
- Wilkinson
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Celeste T. Jones, Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr.