United States Fifth Circuit

The McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1012(b) does not bar a 42 U.S.C. sections 1981 and 1982 claims alleging racially discriminatory business practices.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/03/2003
• Published 09/03/2003

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, JONES and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Edward Untereiner, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orsek & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Amicus Curiae., Nancy L. Perkins, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Alliance of American Insurers, American Ins. Ass'n, National Ass'n of Independent Insurers, National Ass'n of Mut. Ins. Co. and Reinsurance Ass'n of America, Amici Curiae., Cleo Fields, The Fields Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, for National Rainbow/Push Coalition, Amicus Curiae., Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., The Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., San Antonio, TX, for League of United Latin American Citizens, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sanford Svetcov (argued), Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Francisco, CA, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, Birmingham, AL, Robert Q. Keith, Keith & Weber, Johnson City, TX, John J. Stoia, Jr., Andrew Winfield Hutton, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Christa L. Collins, Kendra C. Mancusi, James, Hoyer, Newcomer, Forizs & Smiljanich, Tampa, FL, Andrew S. Friedman, Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, Phoenix, AZ, Herman Watson, Jr., Watson Jimmerson Givhan Martin & McKinney, Huntsville, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Tony P. Rosenstein, Maryanne Lyons, Karla A. Evans, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, Jeffrey Lennard (argued), Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.