Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2008No. 07-1894, 07-1897, 07-1903PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
These are purported class actions on behalf of persons living in a “single, contiguous black community in Kansas City.” Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that defendant insurance companies (“the Insurers”) violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982, by “charging] higher premium rates for the same type of homeowner’s coverage to homeowners in the Community ... than [they] charged homeowners in white communities.” In Saunders v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, 440 F.3d 940 (8th Cir.2006), after years of related litigation, we affirmed…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. American Family Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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- American Insurance Association v. United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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