Legal Opinion
Phillip M. Proctor, D/B/A Proctor Auto Service v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 22, 1977No. 76-1183PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, owners of four automobile repair shops, brought suit in the District Court alleging that the claims adjustment and settlement practices of five automobile insurance companies involved price-fixing and a group boycott in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the insurance companies, 406 *264F.Supp. 27 (D.D.C.1975), on the basis of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1011-1015, which confers broad antitrust immunity upon the “business of insurance,” to the extent such business is…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Merit Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Portland Retail Druggists Association, Etc. v. Kaiser Foundation Health PlanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Donald W. Kreuzer, D.M.D. v. American Academy of PeriodontologyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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