Legal Opinion
Daniel Heimmerman v. First Union Mortgage Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 2002No. 99-14066PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMOND SON, Chief Judge:
First Union Mortgage Corporation appeals the district court's grant of class certification to a class of plaintiffs seeking damages for First Union's alleged violation of Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). See 12 U.S.C. § 2601, et. seq. We accepted jurisdiction over this appeal. See Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(f). We review a district court's certification of a class for abuse of discretion. See Sikes v. Teleline, Inc., 281 F.3d 1350, 1359 (11th Cir.2002). For a district court to apply the wrong legal standard is an abuse of discretion. See id. We…
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