NASSAU CTY. ASS'N OF INS. AGTS., INC. v. AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO.

No. 71 Civ. 4101.

345 F.Supp. 645 (1972)

The NASSAU COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AGENTS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donner, Fagelson & Hariton, Bay Shore, N. Y., for plaintiffs; Frederick Fagelson, of counsel.

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for certain defendants; Henry L. King, Richard Miles Berman, New York City, of counsel.

Aranow, Brodsky, Bohlinger, Benetar, Einhorn & Dann, New York City, for defendants (Consolidated Mutual Ins. Co., Long Island Ins. Co., Cosmopolitan Mutual Ins. Co., and New York Central Mutual Fire Ins. Co.); Alfred J. Bohlinger and Robert J. Ward, New York City, of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for Aetna Co. defendant; Morris B. Abram, Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, New York City, of counsel.

Donovan, Donovan, Maloof & Walsh, New York City, for Great American Ins. Companies and Zurich Ins. Companies; John P. Walsh, New York City, of counsel.

Webster, Sheffield, Fleischmann, Hitchcock & Brookfield, New York City, for Merchants Mutual Ins. Co.; C. Kenneth Shank, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Boyle, Feller & Hirsch, New York City, for American Fidelity Fire Insurance Co.; Leo H. Hirsch, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Gottesman, Wolgel & Smith, New York City, for Peerless Ins. Co. and Netherlands Ins. Co.; Harold H. Wolgel, New York City, of counsel.

Cordes, Purcell, Jewell & Ingrao, Mineola, N. Y., for Farm Family Mutual Ins. Co.; Stephen A. Fritz, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & Macrae, New York City, for Michigan Mutual Ins. Co. and Millers Michigan Ins. Co.; Taylor R. Briggs, Kimba Wood Lovejoy, New York City, of counsel.

Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, for Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co., American Motorists Ins. Co., American Manufacturers Mutual Ins. Co. and Federal Mutual Ins. Co.; Thomas D. Brislin, New York City, of counsel.

Hart & Hume, New York City, for Transamerica Ins. Co. and Maryland Casualty Co.; William D. Hand, Jr., New York City, of counsel.


POLLACK, District Judge.

This is a private antitrust suit. Plaintiffs are the Nassau, Suffolk and Queens County Associations of Insurance Agents. The three associations have a combined membership of 1000 independent insurance agents. The defendants are approximately 184 companies which are alleged to sell insurance in New York State.

The complaint premises jurisdiction on the "Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1-7, the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 12-27,...

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