Denise Edwards v. the First American Corp

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Plaintiff Denise P. Edwards’s motion for class • certification, in her action against Defendants First American Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary First American Title Insurance Company (collectively, “First American”). Edwards, seeking to' represent a class of similarly-situated home buyers, alleged that First American engaged in a national scheme of paying the title agencies things of value in exchange for the title agencies’ agreement to refer future title insurance business to…