IDS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and American Express Financial Advisors Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants,
v.
SunAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant,
and
SunAmerica Inc., Defendant, Cross-Appellee,
and
Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. and SunAmerica Securities, Inc., Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 11, 1997.
Decided February 10, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gary M. Elden, Eric D. Brandfonbrener (argued), Patrick T. Nash, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for IDS Life Insurance Company in No. 97-1103.
Gary M. Elden, Eric D. Brandfonbrener (argued), Margaret E. Rice, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for American Express Financial Advisors, Incorporated in Nos. 97-1103, 97-1240, and IDS Life Insurance Company in No. 97-1240.
Gary M. Elden, Eric D. Brandfonbrener (argued), Margaret E. Rice, Patrick T. Nash, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for IDS Life Insurance Company, American Express Financial Advisors, Incorporated in No. 97-1203.
Ronald P. Kane, Chicago, IL, Michele Odorizzi (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Thomas M. Campbell, Pace Klein, Smith, Campbell & Paduano, New York City, Steven P. Gomberg, Gomberg, Kane & Fischer, Chicago, IL, for SunAmerica Life Insurance Company in No. 97-1103.
Michele Odorizzi (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Pace Klein, Smith, Campbell & Paduano, New York City, Steven P. Gomberg, Gomberg, Kane & Fischer, Chicago, IL, for SunAmerica, Incorporated in No. 97-1203.
Michele Odorizzi (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Thomas M. Campbell, Pace Klein, Smith, Campbell & Paduano, New York City, Steven P. Gomberg, Gomberg, Kane & Fischer, Chicago, IL, for SunAmerica, Incorporated in No. 97-1240.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
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...
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