UNITED FARMERS AGENTS v. FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE

No. 95-50559.

89 F.3d 233 (1996)

UNITED FARMERS AGENTS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Thomas J. Vinson; Robert D. Moon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, a California Reciprocal or Inter-Insurance Exchange; Fire Insurance Exchange, a California Reciprocal or Inter-Insurance Exchange; Truck Insurance Exchange, a California Reciprocal or Inter-Insurance Exchange; Mid-Century Insurance Company; Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bogdan Rentea, Oren Lee Connaway, Rentea & Associates, Austin, TX, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James W. Cannon, Jr., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Austin, TX, James E. Coleman, Jr., Michael Thomas Braden, Lyndon F. Bittle, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX, Nannette K. Beaird, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, Houston, TX, Don T. Hibner, Jr., Michelle Sherman, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The United Farmers Agents Association (UFAA) and Farmers insurance agents Thomas J. Vinson and Robert D. Moon appeal the district court's order granting Farmers Insurance summary judgment and dismissing their antitrust class action. We AFFIRM.

I.

Farmers Insurance is a group of five insurance companies with approximately 14,000 independent contractor agents in 29 states. Under the contract between Farmers and its agents...

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