MINTER v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

No. 13-2131.

762 F.3d 339 (2014)

Denise MINTER, Individually and on behalf of a class of consumers similarly situated; Jason Alborough; Rachel Alborough; Lizbeth T. Binks, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Frank Larocca; Catherine Larocca; Mehdi Nafisi; Forough Iranpour; Kenneth Pfeifer; Angela Pfeifer, Intervenors/Plaintiffs, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.; Prosperity Mortgage Company; Walker Jackson Mortgage Corporation, formerly doing business as Prosperity Mortgage Corporation; Wells Fargo Ventures, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Cyril Vincent Smith , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. William M. Jay , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C. for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William K. Meyer , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Richard S. Gordon , Benjamin H. Carney , Gordon, Wolf & Carney Chtd., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Irene C. Freidel , Brian M. Forbes , K & L Gates LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; Andrew Jay Graham , John A. Bourgeois , Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Ventures, LLC. David L. Permut , Sabrina M. Rose-Smith , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Prosperity Mortgage Company. Jay N. Varon , Jennifer M. Keas , Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees Long & Foster Real Estate, Incorporated, and Walker Jackson Mortgage Corporation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge CONRAD joined.


WYNN, Circuit Judge:

In this class action suit, Plaintiffs Denise Minter, Jason and Rachel Alborough, and Lizbeth Binks brought suit on behalf of a group of consumers alleging that Wells Fargo and Long & Foster Real Estate (collectively, "Defendants") violated Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA"), 12 U.S.C. § 2607. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants created a joint venture, Prosperity Mortgage Company ("Prosperity...

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