FORREST v. CAPITAL BUILDINGS & LOAN ASSN.

No. 74-1066.

504 F.2d 891 (1974)

Bobby L. FORREST and Gerald E. Kiefer, d/b/a Forrest & Kiefer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CAPITAL BUILDINGS & LOAN ASSN. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Forrest, Gerald E. Kiefer, Samuel A. Bacot, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Robert L. Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, La., for Baton Rouge Savings.

Ashton L. Stewart, Carlos G. Spaht, Baton Rouge, La., for Union Fed. Savings.

Nealon Stracener, Cyrus J. Greco, Baton Rouge, La., for Guaranty Fed. Savings.

Chapman L. Sanford, Baton Rouge, La., for Home Savings & Loan.

F. W. Middleton, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for The Capital Bldg. & Loan.

Alton J. Reine, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Citizens Savings & Loan.

Roland C. Kizer, Lawrence Roe Dodd, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Two lawyers challenge, as antitrust violations under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, the practice followed by each defendant savings and loan association in requiring its borrowers to pay the legal fees of attorneys selected by the savings and loan association to examine titles for it, render title opinions to it, and prepare the necessary security agreements, when lending its money.

Under plaintiffs' theory such requirement constitutes a...

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