"Muhammad filed his appeal of a lower court's decision to dismiss his lawsuit with prejudice in August. The suit was initially filed in October 2024 by Maurice Muhammad, a broker at Progressive Realty. He claims that NAR, the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors and association executives have violated federal civil rights statutes, engaged in unlawful discriminatory practices and breached their contracts."
"Additionally, he alleges the creation of a monopolistic system and violations of federal antitrust laws. Muhammad was representing himself in the case. In his ruling granting the defendants' motion to dismiss, Judge Joseph F. Leeson wrote that Muhammad only made bare and conclusory allegations that the defendants had engaged in price fixing or steering. Additionally, Leeson did not find that Muhammad had sufficiently alleged that restricting MLS access to Realtor members imposed an unreasonable restraint on trade."
Muhammad filed an appeal in August after a lower court dismissed his lawsuit with prejudice. The suit, filed in October 2024 by Maurice Muhammad, a Progressive Realty broker, alleges that NAR, the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors and association executives violated federal civil rights statutes, engaged in unlawful discriminatory practices, breached contracts, and created a monopolistic system in violation of federal antitrust laws. Muhammad represented himself. Judge Joseph F. Leeson granted the defendants' motion to dismiss, finding only bare, conclusory allegations of price fixing or steering and insufficient pleading that restricting MLS access to Realtor members unreasonably restrained trade.
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