United States Eleventh Circuit

Plaintiffs' class action suit, seeking damages under the federal antitrust laws for alleged premium overcharges, is dismissed where the McCarran-Ferguson Act bars the claim since it concerns the "business of insurance," which is not subject to the federal antitrust laws.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/18/2004
• Published 11/18/2004

Judges

• HILL, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ross S. Myers, Nat. Ass'n of Ins. Com'rs, Kansas City, MO, John H. Beisner, O'Melveny & Myers, Kathryn S. Zecca, Robbins, Russell, Englart, Orseck & Untereiner, LLP, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Lutz Alexander Prager, D.C. Officeof Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, Kara W. Ong, Cingular Wireless, LLC, Carrie K. Dawson, Adam Jeremy Biegel, Michael P. Kenny, Richard B. Holcomb, Alston & Bird, LLP, Richard K. Hines, V, Richard B. North, Jr., Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP, G. Lee Garrett, Jr., Jones & Day, Atlanta, GA, William M. Hannay, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Alena K. Hacopian, Steven H. Weinstein, Barger & Wolen, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Aaron Nisenson, Arlington, VA, Dennis Silverman, FLorida Office of Ins. Reg., Tallahassee, FL, Suzanne Sahakian, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Detroit, MI, Dwight J. Davis, King & Spalding, New York City, Lori M. Silsbury, Sykema Gossett, PLLC, Lansing, MI, for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy Leeds Perkins, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Richard L. Fenton, Sanford M. Pastroff, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Robert T. Horst, Michael R. Nelson, Craig A. Cohen, Matthew Stool, Nelson, Levine, DeLuca & Horst, Blue Bell, PA, Sheila Carmody, Dan W. Goldfine, Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Chris S. Coutroulis, R. Benjamine Reid, D. Matthew Allen, Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, FL, John A. Chandler, John W. Bonds, Jr., Carey P. DeDeyn, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Kristin B. Wilhelm, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants., Gregory Baruch, R. Stephen Berry, J. Daniel Leftwich, Berry & Leftwich, Washington, DC, Charles M. Jones, Jones, Osteen & Jones, Hinesville, GA, Mark Alexander Avera, Avera & Avera, PA, Gainesville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.