Legal Opinion
Lacasse v. Washington Mutual, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided March 1, 2002No. C01-1352ZPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ZILLY, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on two motions: the defendants’ motion to strike the plaintiffs’ class allegations, docket no. 13, and the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, docket no. 22. The plaintiffs are a putative class of mortgage borrowers and the defendants’ are financial institutions engaged in the business of making consumer loans to home buyers. The plaintiffs claim that the defendants’ payment of yield spread premiums to mortgage brokers violates the anti-kickback provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), 12 U.S.C. §…
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