Legal Opinion
IDS Life Insurance v. SunAmerica Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1998No. Nos. 97-1103, 97-1203 and 97-1240PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
These appeals, which present issues relating to personal jurisdiction, arbitration, and the grant of preliminary relief, arise out of a complex multiparty litigation begun in 1995 by two subsidiaries of American Express. One of them, American Express Financial Advisors Inc., is a securities broker.- The other, IDS Life Insurance Company, is an insurance company that sells annuity contracts as well as life and disability insurance policies. Both companies are members of the National Association of Securities Dealers and share a nationwide sales force of some 8,000 sales…
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