Legal Opinion

Brancheau v. Residential Mortgage

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided September 4, 1998No. Civ. 97-53(JRT/RLE)PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TUNHEIM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs John and Blanca Brancheau commenced this purported class action against Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. (“Residential”) and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis, N.A. (“Mercantile”) under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). Plaintiffs contend that the yield spread premium Mercantile paid to Residential in exchange for plaintiffs’ mortgage loan violated RE SPA’s prohibitions against kickbacks and fee splitting. Plaintiffs also assert state common law claims against Mercantile.

This matter is before the Court on separate…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dujanovic v. MortgageAmerica, Inc.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1999
  2. Levine v. North American MortgageDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1999
  3. Schmitz v. Aegis Mortgage Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1999
  4. Brancheau v. Residential MortgageDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1999
  5. Emory v. Delta Funding Corp.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1999

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