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McCLAIN v. AMERICAN ECONOMY INS. CO.

Nos. 04-2346, 04-2347, 04-2353.

424 F.3d 728 (2005)

Coleman McCLAIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN ECONOMY INSURANCE COMPANY; American States Insurance Company; American States Preferred Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. Sara Kenner, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Safeco Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee. Cynthia E. Canady, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Federal Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eden Brown Gaines, argued, Washington, D.C. (Latif Doman, Washington D.C. and Sylvester James, Jr., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Julie Gibson and Nicholas L. DiVita, argued, Kansas City, MO (Michael E. Waldeck and Laura E. Goettsch, Kansas City, on the brief), for appellees.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, FAGG and BYE, Circuit Judges.

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

In 1996, numerous plaintiffs sued twenty-five insurers under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1870, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 & 1982, seeking class action relief for defendants' alleged discriminatory policies denying homeowners insurance to the residents of minority neighborhoods in Missouri. The district court1 denied class certification...

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