Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Conor McEvily

Today?s ?petition of the day is: 

Title: First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards
Docket: 10-708
Issue(s): 1) Whether, under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 - which prohibits any referral fee for business incident to a real estate settlement service involving a federal-related mortgage loan, and holds any violator of this provision liable to the person charged for the settlement service - a private purchaser of real estate settlement services has standing to sue in federal court absent any claim that the alleged violation affected the price, quality, or other characteristics of the services provided; and 2) whether such a purchaser has standing to sue under Article III, § 2 of the United States Constitution.

Certiorari-Stage Documents:

• Opinion below (9th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Amicus brief of law professors
• Amicus brief of American Land Title Association et al.
• Amicus brief of American Escrow Association et al.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).