What is the case number for the Burnett lawsuit involving Remax?
Remax Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Scott and Rhonda Burnett, Ryan Hendrickson, Jerod Breit, Scott Trupiano, and Jeremy Keel v. The National Association of Realtors, Realogy Holdings Corp., HomeServices of America, Inc., BHH Affiliates, LLC, HSF Affiliates, LLC, RE/MAX, LLC, and Keller Williams Realty, Inc., Case No. 19-cv-00332-SRB, pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, filed on April 29, 2019.
In one of the Moehrl-related antitrust litigations, filed by plaintiffs Scott and Rhonda Burnett and others in the Western District of Missouri (the "Burnett Action"), the court on April 22, 2022 granted plaintiffs' motion for class certification and a trial date was set for October 2023. On September 15, 2023, RE/MAX, LLC entered into a Settlement Term Sheet (the "Settlement") to resolve the Burnett Action and Moehrl Action. The proposed Settlement would resolve all claims set forth in the Burnett Action and Moehrl Action, as well as all similar claims on a nationwide basis against RE/MAX, LLC (collectively, the "Nationwide Claims") and would release RE/MAX, LLC and RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., their subsidiaries and affiliates, and RE/MAX sub-franchisors, franchisees and their sales associates in the United States from the Nationwide Claims. By the terms of the proposed Settlement, RE/MAX, LLC agreed to make certain changes to its business practices and to pay a total settlement amount of $55 million (the "Settlement Amount") into a qualified settlement escrow fund (the "Settlement Fund").
Source: Item 3 — LITIGATION (FDD pages 21–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Remax's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Burnett Action, involving plaintiffs Scott and Rhonda Burnett, was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The case number is 19-cv-00332-SRB, and the suit was initially filed on April 29, 2019.
The Burnett Action is one of the Moehrl-related antitrust litigations. In this case, the court granted the plaintiffs' motion for class certification on April 22, 2022, and a trial date was set for October 2023. However, on September 15, 2023, Remax, LLC entered into a Settlement Term Sheet to resolve both the Burnett Action and the Moehrl Action.
Under the terms of the proposed Settlement, Remax agreed to make certain changes to its business practices and to pay a total settlement amount of $55 million into a qualified settlement escrow fund. This settlement aimed to resolve all claims set forth in the Burnett Action and Moehrl Action, as well as all similar claims on a nationwide basis against Remax, LLC. The settlement also released Remax Holdings, Inc., their subsidiaries and affiliates, and Remax sub-franchisors, franchisees, and their sales associates in the United States from the Nationwide Claims.