Legal Opinion
McIlhenny v. American Title Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 7, 1976No. Civ. A. 72-721PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The primary question raised by the present motion to dismiss this anti-trust action is whether the defendants’ activities fall within the “business of insurance” so as to be exempt from the anti-trust laws pursuant to the McCarran-Ferguson Act. I conclude that they do and therefore that the motion to dismiss must be granted. 1
The plaintiff bought a new house and was charged for mechanic’s lien insurance as part of his title insurance policy. The defendants are 20 title insurance companies, all of which transact business in Pennsylvania. The alleged…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Evelyn Davis v. Chong M. Pak Ralph G. Cantrell Diane E. France, in Their Official & Individual CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Chicago Title Insurance Co. v. HuffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- David M. Barry, M.D. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Reazin v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1987
- In Re Title Insurance Antitrust CasesDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2010
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