VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. SURETY TITLE INS. AGCY., INC.

No. 77-1703.

571 F.2d 205 (1978)

VIRGINIA STATE BAR, Defendant-Appellant, v. SURETY TITLE INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hardin Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for defendant-appellant.

Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D. C. (Robert B. Hummel, Washington, D. C., and Stephen W. Bricker, Richmond, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.


THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.

Surety Title Insurance Agency, Inc. (Surety) filed this action against the Virginia State Bar (VSB) in the district court, claiming that certain advisory opinions issued by the VSB, coupled with the threat of disciplinary proceedings against those attorneys who disregard the advisory opinions, illegally restrain commerce in the area of title insurance and constitute an illegal group boycott and an attempt to monopolize, in violation...

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