February 07, 2025
Borrowers who accused Rocket Mortgage of inflating their home values have asked the full Fourth Circuit to reconsider a panel ruling that reversed their class certification, arguing that the panel only reversed course from its previous ruling because a federal judge, sitting by designation, joined the panel the second time around.
February 04, 2025
February is off to a rip-roaring start in several circuits, and there's plenty more action ahead, including a moment of truth for judiciary policymaking that has managed to anger both the defense and plaintiffs bars. We'll explore all that in this edition of Wheeling & Appealing, which also includes an appellate quiz pegged to recent presidential news.
January 23, 2025
A split Fourth Circuit on Thursday reversed the class certification of borrowers who accused Rocket Mortgage of inflating their home values, finding that not all potential class members could prove they were injured under the U.S. Supreme Court's heightened pleading standard in TransUnion.
September 26, 2024
The Fourth Circuit on Thursday seemed skeptical that all potential class members who accused Rocket Mortgage of inflating their home values could prove they were injured under the U.S. Supreme Court's heightened pleading standard in TransUnion, putting the lower court's certification order on rocky footing.
June 14, 2023
Rocket Mortgage borrowers are urging the Fourth Circuit not to revoke their class status in a lawsuit accusing the lender of inflating home values, telling the court this week that each class member was injured when they paid $350 each for an "unreliable" and "worthless" appraisal.
June 12, 2023
Rocket Mortgage urged the Fourth Circuit to decertify a class of borrowers alleging the company schemed to inflate home values, and argued that legal precedent set two years ago doesn't allow certification unless each member can prove they were injured.