LEGAL ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS, INC. v. METROPOLITAN LIFE, INS. CO.

Nos. 93-16007, 93-16028 and 93-16047.

39 F.3d 951 (1994)

LEGAL ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. IBAR SETTLEMENT CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; Transamerica Occidental Life; Manufacturers Life; ML Settlement Services, Inc.; National Structured Settlements Trade, Defendants-Appellees. WEIL INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., a California Corporation dba Jerry C. Weil & Associates, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MANUFACTURERS LIFE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Furniss and Timothy F. Perry, Townsend and Townsend Khourie and Crew, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert M. Mitchell, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fair-weather & Geraldson (signed the briefs); Mark LeHocky, Weld, Freeland, Cooper & LeHocky (argued), San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER, FERGUSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


RYMER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals require us to decide whether consultants who advise tort plaintiffs on structured settlements have suffered antitrust injury when they can't get information about premiums and rating practices from, or serve as brokers to arrange annuities to fund structured settlements with, life insurance carriers because of an alleged boycott by life insurance carriers and brokers who specialize in arranging annuities in behalf of tort defendants...

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