United States Eighth Circuit
CANADY v. ALLSTATE INS. CO., 99-3064, 99-3193, 99-3197
Where the district court permanently enjoined plaintiffs from prosecuting a class action against multiple, unrelated defendants, based upon the same allegations in a prior matter, neither the Anti-Injunction Act nor the All Writs Act operated to allow plaintiffs to prosecute state law claims.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/08/2002
- Published 03/08/2002
Judges
- McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Scott Alan McCreight, argued, Kansas City, KS (Steven M. Sprenger, Lawrence P. Schaefer, Jean M. Boler, Paul C. Sprenger, Michael D. Lieder, on the brief), for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Cynthia T. Andreason, argued, Washington, DC (Charles W. Havens, III, Michael J. Klyce, Jr., on the brief) for appellee Farmers Insurance Exchange., Mark G. Arnold, argued, St Louis, MO (Carol A. Rutter, on the brief), for appellee Liberty Mutual Insurance Company., Joseph A. Cancila, Jr., argued, St Louis, MO (Dale L. Beckerman, Mimi E. Doherty, Heidi Dalenberg, on the brief), for appellee State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm General Insurance Company.