Gibson et al v. National Association of Realtors et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:23-cv-00788

Court:

Missouri Western

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Stephen R. Bough

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  1. March 05, 2026

    Berkshire Unit Wants Out Of Broker Commission Fees Suit

    A Berkshire Hathaway unit that owns real estate brokerage HomeServices of America Inc. urged a Missouri federal court to grant its quick win bid against an antitrust class action that accused the National Association of Realtors and brokerages of running an anticompetitive scheme that inflates buyer-broker commission fees.

  2. February 06, 2026

    Judge Gives Final OK For $42M Broker Fees Settlements

    A Missouri federal judge granted final approval for $42 million worth of class action settlements to resolve antitrust claims accusing the National Association of Realtors and multiple brokerages of conspiring to charge home sellers with excessive broker commission fees.

  3. July 31, 2025

    Home Sellers Defend $110M In Broker Fee Deals To 8th Circ.

    Home sellers are defending $110 million in settlements cut with several real estate brokerages in the sprawling litigation targeting the National Association of Realtors' broker commission rules from objections in a series of Eighth Circuit appeals.

  4. July 01, 2025

    Weichert, EXp Can't Pause Mo. Broker Fees Antitrust Case

    A Missouri federal judge rejected Weichert Co. and eXp's bids to stay an antitrust class action accusing the National Association of Realtors and multiple brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees.

  5. June 25, 2025

    Missouri Judge Grants $24M Atty Award For Broker Fees Suits

    A Missouri federal judge has granted final approval of settlements for two antitrust class actions and awarded roughly $24 million to class counsel representing home sellers who accused multiple real estate brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees for home sales.

  6. June 13, 2025

    Home Sellers Say Brokerages Can't Pause Mo. Antitrust Case

    A proposed class of home sellers urged a Missouri federal court to deny two brokerages' second request to stay proceedings against them in a consolidated antitrust broker fees class action while they finalize a parallel settlement in what sellers have called "copycat" proceedings in Georgia.

  7. May 30, 2025

    Missouri Judge Rejects Berkshire Unit's Transfer Appeal Cert. Bid

    A Missouri federal judge on Friday denied a Berkshire Hathaway unit's motion to certify the company's denied transfer bid for a consolidated antitrust broker fees class action.

  8. May 13, 2025

    Berkshire Unit Loses Bid To Transfer Commission Fee Suit

    A Berkshire Hathaway unit and a full-service real estate company cannot transfer a proposed class action accusing real estate brokers of conspiring to inflate commissions for home sales out of Missouri federal court, the presiding judge has ruled.

  9. April 11, 2025

    Judge Won't Exit Broker Fee Case Over Donations To Wife

    A Missouri federal judge said a real estate firm's bid to boot him from a class action over commission fees may have been driven more by litigation strategy than ethical concerns over campaign contributions made by opposing counsel to his wife, a Kansas City councilwoman.

  10. April 08, 2025

    Berkshire Unit Looks To Transfer Commission Fee Claims

    Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company is pushing a Missouri federal court to transfer a proposed class action accusing it and other companies of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees, arguing the claims should be litigated in Iowa federal court instead.