U. S. v. TITLE INS. RATING BUREAU OF ARIZONA

Nos. CIV 80-769 PHX CAM, CIV 80-840A PHX CAM, CIV 80-996 PHX CAM, CIV 80-840 PHX CAM and CIV 80-885 PHX CAM.

517 F.Supp. 1053 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. TITLE INSURANCE RATING BUREAU OF ARIZONA, INC., Defendant. In re ARIZONA ESCROW FEE ANTITRUST LITIGATION. STATE of Arizona, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TITLE INSURANCE RATING BUREAU OF ARIZONA, INC., et al., Defendants. Eric and Leslie VAUGHN, Plaintiffs, v. TITLE INSURANCE RATING BUREAU OF ARIZONA, INC., et al., Defendants. Dwight C. LUNDELL, Plaintiff, v. TITLE INSURANCE RATING BUREAU OF ARIZONA, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

June 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon L. Lang, David A. Blotner, Antitrust Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Josef D. Cooper, Tracy R. Kirkham, Douglas A. Marshall, Law Offices of Josef D. Cooper, P. C., San Francisco, Cal., Arthur J. Davich, Ted Wright, Davich & Pollock, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs Eric and Leslie Vaughan, Civ. A. No. 80-840 PHX CAM.

J. Michael Hennigan, Roderick G. Dorman, Bretz & Hennigan, Beverly Hills, Cal., Paul G. Rees, Jr., Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff Dwight C. Lundell, Civ. A. No. 80-885 PHX CAM.

Alison B. Swan, Chief Counsel, Mark Freitag, Asst. Atty. Gen., Antitrust Division, Phoenix, Ariz., Timothy Hogan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Financial Fraud Division, Phoenix, Ariz., Kenneth R. Reed, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Law Offices of Kenneth R. Reed, Phoenix, Ariz., for J. Michael Low, Director of Insurance, State of Arizona.

J. Thomas Hannan, Ronald Lovitt, Lovitt & Hannan, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for Lundell.

David L. White, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Ariz., for U. S. Life Title Ins. Co., Dallas, and defendants' Liaison Counsel.

Aaron Rosen, Associate Gen. Counsel, TICOR, Los Angeles, Cal., John A. Baade, Miller, Pitt & Feldman, Tucson, Ariz., for Pioneer National Title Ins. Co.

Philip P. Berelson, Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, Ariz., for Title Ins. Rating Bureau of Arizona, and First American Title Ins. Co. of Arizona.

Kimball Corson, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, Ariz., for Transamerica Title Ins. Co.

Phil Horvitz, Asst. Counsel, Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Daniel Cracchiolo, Burch & Cracchiolo, Phoenix, Ariz., Rick Klaren, Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co., Beverly Hills, Cal., for Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co.

Leon R. Goodrich, Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., Gerard K. Knorr, Gen. Counsel, St. Paul Title Ins. Corp., St. Paul, Minn., for St. Paul Title Ins. Corp.

Russell E. Jones, Michael J. Meehan, Molloy, Jones, Donahue, Trachta, Childers & Mallamo, Tucson, Ariz., Paul J. Kennedy, Executive Vice President and House Counsel, Stewart Title & Trust of Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz., William R. Pakalka, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for Stewart Title Guaranty Co.

Edward B. Towey, Law Offices of Towey & Zak, Denver, Colo., for Title Ins. Co. of Minnesota.

John F. Graybeal, Foley, Lardner, Hollabaugh & Jacobs, Washington, D. C., for Lawyers Title Ins. Corp.

M. E. Rake, Jr., O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., for St. Paul Title Ins. Co., American Title Ins. Co., Chicago Title Ins. Co., and Lawyers' Title Ins. Co.

Martin R. Galbut, McLoone, Theobald & Galbut, P. C., Phoenix, Ariz., for Land Title Ass'n of Arizona.

Richard Q. Nye, Foley, Clark & Nye, Phoenix, Ariz., for Fidelity National Title.

Philip E. von Ammon, Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon, Udall, Phoenix, Ariz., for American Title Ins. Co.

John C. Christie, Jr., Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, Washington, D. C., for Chicago Title Ins. Co.

J. Edd Stepp, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Dennis A. Berkey, Corporate Counsel, SAFECO Title Ins. Co., Panorama City, Cal., for SAFECO Title Ins. Co.


OPINION AND ORDER.

MUECKE, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs herein, the United States of America, the State of Arizona, and two private plaintiffs, seek a summary determination that defendants, a title insurance rating bureau and its individual members and subscribers, are guilty of price fixing as proscribed by Section 1 of the Sherman Act. 15 U.S.C. § 1.

In response, defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and a Motion to Dismiss, arguing...

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