Legal Opinion
Sterman v. Transamerica Title Insurance
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 18, 1978No. 2 CA-CIV 2597PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHMOND, Chief Judge.
The question on this appeal is whether the superior court has jurisdiction over a claim that appellees have unlawfully combined and conspired in fixing escrow fees charged by title insurance companies in Arizona. The trial court dismissed appellants’ second amended complaint, concluding that the legislature has vested exclusive jurisdiction in the department of insurance to determine matters of regulation of and competition between title insurance companies, including the fees and rates charged for escrow services. In deciding that the general antitrust…
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