Sitzer et al v. National Association of Realtors et al

  1. January 17, 2023

    Homeowners Fight Realtors' Appeal Bid On Per Se Standard

    A group of homeowners is urging a Missouri federal judge to block an appeal requested by the National Association of Realtors and other realty groups accused of violating antitrust laws, saying the case should go to trial instead of going through another appeal.

  2. January 03, 2023

    Realtors Want To Appeal Per Se Ruling In Antitrust Suit

    The National Association of Realtors wants the Eighth Circuit to consider an antitrust claim against it, saying a lower court used the wrong standard to reach a recent summary judgment.

  3. December 19, 2022

    Realty Group, Cos. Denied Early Win In Missouri Antitrust Suit

    A Missouri federal judge tossed the National Association of Realtors' and several broker franchisors' bid for an early win in a class action accusing them of conspiring to inflate commissions, rejecting their premise that they were indirect sellers to the homeowners.

  4. August 30, 2022

    Realtors Want Early Win In Missouri Antitrust Suit

    The National Association of Realtors and several broker franchisors have asked a federal judge to grant them an early win in a class action suit by Missouri homeowners that claims the Realtors conspired to inflate their commissions.

  5. August 29, 2022

    Realtor Antitrust Suit Partly Paused For 2nd Appeal

    A Missouri federal judge paused some unnamed class members' claims in a realtor antitrust class action while broker franchisers appeal the court's second refusal to push those members into arbitration, despite home sellers' claims last week that the appeal is "frivolous."

  6. August 23, 2022

    Sellers Say Realtor Groups' Antitrust Appeal Is 'Frivolous'

    Home sellers have told a Missouri federal judge that broker franchisers can't put part of a realtor antitrust class action on ice while they take an arbitration fight to the Eighth Circuit, arguing that the request ignores an earlier circuit warning that the company can't use arbitration as a "do-over."

  7. August 09, 2022

    Realtor Groups Seek Stay Of Antitrust Case During Appeal

    Realtor organizations including HomeServices of America Inc. asked a Missouri federal judge on Monday to pause a class action against them until they could appeal the judge's rejection of the groups' effort to push members of the class into arbitration.

  8. July 20, 2022

    Mo. Judge Rejects Bid To Arbitrate Realtors' Antitrust Suit

    A Missouri federal judge has denied a group of realtors' request to ship some unnamed class members in an ongoing antitrust suit to arbitration, saying in an order the realtors waived their right to do so years ago by aggressively litigating the case.

  9. April 22, 2022

    Midwest Homeowners Win Cert. In Realtors Antitrust Suit

    A Missouri federal judge on Friday certified multiple classes comprising hundreds of thousands of Midwest home sellers who allege that the National Association of Realtors and major broker franchisors conspired to inflate broker commissions, finding that common issues predominate in part because sellers were bound by the same NAR rules regardless of their location.

  10. April 17, 2020

    Realtors Say 8th Circ. Has Sole Power Over Antitrust Arb Row

    A real estate brokerage firm appealing a Missouri federal court's refusal to pause and send a consumer antitrust suit over fees on home sales into arbitration is asking the district court to hit a brake on further proceedings, insisting that only the Eighth Circuit has jurisdiction in the matter.