MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, RECORDER OF DEEDS v. MERSCORP, INC. et al

Filing 97

MEMORANDUM AND/OR OPINION ORDER THAT THE MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION (DOC. NO. 51) IS GRANTED AND THE CLASS IS HEREBY DEFINED AS CONSISTING OF "EACH COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN HIS OR HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY." IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT PLAINTIFF NANCY J. BECKER IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS RECORDER OF DEEDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IS APPOINTED AS CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND THE LAW FIRMS OF KOHN, SWIFT & GRAF, P.C., LAMB MCERLANE, PC, COOPER & SCHAFFER, LLC, WH ITFIELD BRYSON & MASON LLP AND CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA LLP ARE APPOINTED AS CLASS COUNSEL. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT CLASS COUNSEL ARE DIRECTED TO SUBMIT WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE ENTRY DATE OF THIS ORDER, A PROPOSED FORM OF ORDER PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO BE GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS. SIGNED BY HONORABLE J. CURTIS JOYNER ON 2/11/2014. 2/12/2014 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED. (ems)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
RECORDER OF DEEDS, by and through
Nancy J. Becker in her official
capacity as Recorder of Deeds of
Montgomery County, on its own
behalf and on behalf of all others
similarly situated,

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Plaintiff,
v.
MERSCORP, INC., and MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC.,
Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 11-CV-6968

ORDER

AND NOW, this

11th

day of February, 2014, upon

consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification (Doc.
No. 51) and Defendants’ Responses in Opposition thereto, it is
hereby ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED and the Class is hereby
defined as consisting of “Each County Recorder of Deeds in
Pennsylvania in his or her official capacity.”
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff Nancy J. Becker in her
official capacity as Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania is appointed as Class Representative and the law
firms of Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Lamb McErlane, PC, Cooper &
Schaffer, LLC, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP and Cuneo Gilbert &
Laduca LLP are appointed as Class Counsel.

IT IS STILL FURTHER ORDERED that Class Counsel are DIRECTED
to submit within thirty (30) days of the entry date of this
Order, a proposed form of Order providing for Notice to be given
to the members of the Class.
BY THE COURT:

s/J. Curtis Joyner
J. CURTIS JOYNER,

J.