Legal Opinion
Black v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 1, 1977No. Civ. A. 74-25 ERIEPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff brings this action against Defendants under Sec. 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, which provides:
“Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations is declared to be illegal: . .
The cause of action pleaded here is one between an insurance agent and the insurance companies that he represented and deals with the business of insurance. The McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1011-1015 specifically exempts the business of insurance from the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- 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
- Radiant Burners, Inc. v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Card v. National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Lacy Thompson v. New York Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Wexco Inc. v. IMC, INC.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
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