Class Action Number 23-cv-788
Presiding Judge
Case Summary
This is a related case to 4:19-cv-00332-SRB.
This is a class action in which Plaintiffs Gibson, Criss, Meiners, and Umpa allege that the following Defendants violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act:
National Association of Realtors; HomeServices of America, Inc.; BHH Affiliates; HSF Affiliates, LLC; The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.; Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company; Keller Williams Realty, Inc.; Compass, Inc.; eXp World Holdings, Inc.; eXp Realty, LLC; Redfin Corporation; Weichert Co.; Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.; Five D I, LLC; Hanna Holdings, Inc.; Douglas Elliman; At World Properties, LLC; The Real Brokerage, Inc.; Real Broker, LLC; Realty One Group, Inc.; HomeSmart International, LLC, Engel & Völkers; NextHome, Inc.; EXIT Realty Corp.; Windermere Real Estate Services Company, Inc.; William L. Lyon & Associates, Inc.; William Raveis Real Estate, Inc.; John L. Scott, Inc.; The Keyes Company; Illustrated Properties, LLC; Parks Pilkerton Village Real Estate; Crye-Leike, Inc.; Baird & Warner Real Estate, Inc.; Real Estate One, Inc.; and The K Company Realty, LLC.
▶ Pleadings
▶ Orders
- Order Granting Motion for Final Approval of Settlements
- Order Denying Defendants Notice of Pending Settlement and Motion to Stay Case
- Order Denying Defendant Weichert's Notice of Pending Settlement and Motion to Stay
- Order Denying Defendant(s) Motion to Strike
- Order Denying Defendant(s) Motion to Dismiss
- Partial Final Judgment Order
- Amended Scheduling Order
▶ Ethics Orders and Notices
- JND Quarterly Accounting June 2025
- Huntington Bank Quarterly Accounting June 2025
- JND Quarterly Accounting October 2025
- Huntington Bank Quarterly Accounting September 2025
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Order on Huntington Bank Hearing
Huntington National Bank recently filed a quarterly accounting and bank statements on $519,030,551.38 in class member monies held in money market accounts paying 3.75%. The Court is deeply interested in the terms and rate of the investment returns. See Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth, § 21.662, p. 334 (2004) ("the court's equitable powers may be necessary to deal with other problems that commonly arise during administration of settlement but might not be covered by the terms of the agreement. Such problems include... investment of settlement funds... calls for a balance between maintaining security and gaining returns on the investment."). Accordingly, the Court will conduct an in-person hearing with a representative from Huntington National Bank on October 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. (CST) in Courtroom 8C, Kansas City before District Judge Stephen R. Bough.
- Notice of Change of Escrow Bank from Huntington Bank to Morgan Stanley
- JND Quarterly Accounting November 2025
- Morgan Stanley Quarterly Accounting November 2025
- JND Quarterly Accounting April 2026
- Morgan Stanley Quarterly Accounting April 2026
- JND Quarterly Accounting July 2026
- Morgan Stanley Quarterly Accounting July 2026
- Michael Ketchmark of Ketchmark & McCreight, P.C.'s Response to Ethics Disclosure Order
- Eric L. Dirks of Williams Dirks Dameron LLC's Response to Ethics Disclosure Order
- Brandon Boulware of Boulware Law LLC's Response to Ethics Disclosure Order
- Marc M. Seltzer of Susman Godrey LLP's Response to Ethics Disclosure Order
- Robert A. Braun of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC's Response to Ethics Disclosure Order
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Show Cause Order on Unsealing JND Documents:
Upon review of the recently submitted quarterly accounting by JND and Morgan Stanley, the Parties, JND, and Morgan Stanley shall show good cause in writing on or before May 18, 2026, why all contracts, terms, proposals, escrow agreements, invoices, and bank statements should not be publicly filed on ECF and added to the Court's website.
- Plaintiffs and Morgan Stanley's Unopposition to Unsealing JND Documents
- JND's Opposition to Unsealing JND Documents
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Show Cause Order on Appointing Special Master:
It is ORDERED that the parties shall show cause on or before June 18, 2026, why the Court should not appoint a special master under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53 to audit past and future JND bills. The parties "may suggest candidates for appointment." Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(b)(1). It is further ORDERED that JND shall receive no payments until the Court has determined whether to appoint a special master. If the Court appoints a special master, the Court will require JND to produce internal employee time sheets, hourly billing records, all billing from outside vendors, all revenue received from vendors either directly or unrelated to this case, and a detailed description of all expenses, including copies of the bills from vendors.
▶ Contact Information
Plaintiff's Counsel |
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Ketchmark & McCreight PC Two Hallbrook Place |
Williams Dirks Dameron LLC 1100 Main Street |
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Boulware Law LLC 1600 Genessee Street |
Susman Godfrey LLP 401 Union Street |
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Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll 1100 New York Ave NW |
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP 1301 Second Ave |
Defendant's Counsel |
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Stinson LLP 230 W. McCarty Street |
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW |
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Compass, Inc. Crowell & Moring LLP 3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor |
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Cooley LLP 55 Hudson Yards |
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eXp World Holdings, Inc. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP 161 North Clark |
eXp World Holdings, Inc. Schaffer & Associates, Chartered 10561 Barkley St. |
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Redfin Corporation Wagstaff & Cartmell 4740 Grand Avenue |
Redfin Corporation Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 920 Fifth Avenue |
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Redfin Corporation Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas |
Weichert Co. GM Law PC - KC 1201 Walnut St. |
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United Real Estate Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 3800 One Kansas City Place |
United Real Estate Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 1201 W. Peachtree St |
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United Real Estate Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 1700 Lincoln Street |
Douglas Elliman, Inc. Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP 1633 Broadway |
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Douglas Elliman, Inc. Ogletree Deakins 700 West 47th Street |
Douglas Elliman, Inc. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP 1441 Brickell Avenue |
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Douglas Elliman, Inc. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP 1633 Broadway |
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Husch Blackwell LLP - KCMO 4801 Main Street |
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Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas |
HomeServices of America, Inc. Lathrop GPM LLP 2345 Grand Avenue |
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HomeServices of America, Inc. Foley & Lardner LLP 777 E. Wisconsin Ave |
HomeServices of America, Inc. Foley & Lardner LLP 3000 K Street NW |
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BHH Affiliates, LLC Lathrop GPM LLP 2345 Grand Avenue |
BHH Affiliates, LLC Foley & Lardner LLP 777 E. Wisconsin Ave |
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HSF Affiliates, LLC Lathrop GPM LLP 2345 Grand Avenue |
HSF Affiliates, LLC Foley & Lardner LLP 777 E. Wisconsin Ave |
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The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. Lathrop GPM LLP 2345 Grand Avenue |
The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. Foley & Lardner LLP 777 E. Wisconsin Ave |
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Five D I, LLC Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP 211 North Broadway |
Five D I, LLC Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP 3800 One Kansas City Place |
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Hanna Holdings, Inc. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW |
Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP 1633 Broadway |
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Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC Ogletree Deakins 700 West 47th Street |
Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP 1441 Brickell Avenue |
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Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP 1633 Broadway |
At World Properties, LLC Cooling & Herbers, PC 2400 City Center Square |
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The Real Brokerage, Inc. O'Melveny & Meyers LLP 1999 Avenue of the Starts |
The Real Brokerage, Inc. O'Melveny & Meyers LLP 400 South Hope Street |
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The Real Brokerage, Inc. Berkowitz Oliver LLP-KCMO 2600 Grand Boulevard |
Real Broker, LLC O'Melveny & Meyers LLP 1999 Avenue of the Starts |
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Real Broker, LLC Berkowitz Oliver LLP-KCMO 2600 Grand Boulevard |
Real Broker, LLC O'Melveny & Meyers LLP 400 South Hope Street |
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Realty ONE Group, Inc. Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt & Wilcox, P.C. 700 West 47th Street |
Realty ONE Group, Inc. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, St. 100 |
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HomeSmart International, LLC Franke, Schultz & Mullen - KCMO 8900 Ward Parkway |
Engel & Vlkers GmbH Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 31 West 52nd Street |
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Engel & Vlkers GmbH Polsinelli - KCMO 900 W. 48th Place |
Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. Polsinelli - KCMO 900 W. 48th Place |
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NextHome, Inc. Kuckelman Torline Kirkland 10740 Nall Avenue |
EXIT Realty Corp. International Hinshaw & Culbertson-Belleville 521 West Main Street |
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EXIT Realty Corp. USA Hinshaw & Culbertson-Belleville 521 West Main Street |
Windermere Real Estate Services Company, Inc. Stoel Rives LLP CA |
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Windermere Real Estate Services Company, Inc. Berkowitz Oliver LLP-KCMO 2600 Grand Boulevard |
William L. Lyon & Associates, Inc. Stoel Rives LLP CA |
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William L. Lyon & Associates, Inc. Berkowitz Oliver LLP-KCMO 2600 Grand Boulevard |
William Raveis Real Estate, Inc. Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP-KCMO 2555 Grand Boulevard |
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John L. Scott Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. Stanton Barton LLC 8000 Maryland Avenue |
The Keyes Company Lewis Rice LLC-StL 600 Washington Ave. |
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Illustrated Properties, LLC Lewis Rice LLC-StL 600 Washington Ave. |
Crye-Leike, Inc. Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas & Hanschen LLC 219 South Kingshighway |
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Baird & Warner Real Estate, Inc. Dowd Bennett LLP 7676 Forsyth Blvd. |
Real Estate One, Inc. Dykema Gossett PLLC 1717 Main |
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The K Company Realty, LLC Franke, Schultz & Mullen - KCMO 8900 Ward Parkway |
eXp Realty, LLC Saul Ewing LLP 650 College Road East |
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eXp Realty, LLC Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP 161 North Clark |
eXp Realty, LLC Schaffer & Associates, Chartered 10561 Barkley St. |
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Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. Vinson & Elkins 555 Mission Street |
John L. Scott, Inc. Stanton Barton LLC 8000 Maryland Avenue |
