CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF IND. INS. PRO. v. AETNA CAS. & S. CO.

Civ. No. 37934.

175 F.Supp. 857 (1959)

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF INDEPENDENT INSURANCE PRODUCERS et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

May 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, by Robert Minge Brown and Walker Lowry, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Great American Indemnity Co., Royal Indemnity Co., and Travelers Indemnity Co.

Orrick, Dahlquist, Herrington & Sutcliffe, by Eric Sutcliffe and Christopher M. Jenks, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Cooley, Crowley, Gaither, Godward, Castro & Huddleson, by Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr., Frank D. Tatum, Jr., and Stanton G. Ware, San Francisco, Cal., and Gordon H. Snow, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Pacific Indemnity Co.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, by James Michael, Noble K. Gregory and Allan N. Littman, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant United Pac. Ins. Co.


WOLLENBERG, District Judge.

The sufficiency of the complaint in this treble damage anti-trust action has been attacked by motions under Rule 12(b) (6) and 12(e), 28 U.S.C.A. The complaint charges a conspiracy to restrain and monopolize trade in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 2) whereby the defendants, acting in concert, agreed "to decrease the rate of commission paid to automobile insurance agents, * * * (and) they thereafter...

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