Legal Opinion

Snow v. First American Title Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 11, 2003No. 02-60539, 02-60627PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

In these cases consolidated for appeal, plaintiffs sued for alleged violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), 12 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq,, in connection with their purchase of title insurance. The district court in each case ruled that RESPA’s one-year statute of limitations bars recovery. Agreeing with that conclusion, we affirm.

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Plaintiffs are putative classes of real estate purchasers. 1 Defendants are title insurance companies. Plaintiffs bought title insurance from agents working for the defendant companies. Plaintiffs paid for the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  2. Reiter v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Chaplin v. NationsCredit Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Richard Haase v. Countrywide Home Loans, InCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  2. Anna D. Snow Teresa J. Haley Ronald Duff Sabrina Duff Ricky Williams Angela Williams, and All Others Similarly Situated v. First American Title Insurance Company, Andrea Chenault Joanna Smith Pamela Edwards Frankie Judd Debbie L. Wilson Kenneth W. Wilson Celestine Turner Guy E. Watts, Jr. Janie G. Watts Lisa Timmons, and All Others Similarly Situated v. Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company Old Republic National Title Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  3. Christopher Blake v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NACourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
  4. Girgis v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2010
  5. In Re Community Bank of Northern VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010

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