Ellen Gayle MOORE, on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly situated, Fannie McConnell, on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
LIBERTY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 28, 2001.
September 28, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Floyd Gaines, Birmingham, AL, Scott B. Smith, Michael R. Pennington, Robert K. Spotswood, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.
John J. Stoia, Jr., Timothy G. Blood, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, San Diego, CA, Herman Watson, Jr., Watson, Fees & Jimmerson, P.C., Rebekah Keith, Watson, Jimmerson, P.C., Huntsville, AL, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Sanford Svetcov, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad,
Hynes & Lerach, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Anne Sikes Hornsby, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co., Amicus Curiae.
Thomas W. Osborne, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for AARP, Amicus Curiae.
Norman J. Chachkin, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York City, for NAACP Legal Defense, Amicus Curiae.
Robert H. Stroup, NAACP legal Defense & Educational Fund, New York City, for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Amicus Curiae.
Thomas J. Henderson, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Amicus Curiae.
Samuel H. Franklin, William H. King, III, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Amicus Counsel.
Before BIRCH, WILSON and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
Liberty National Life Insurance Company (Liberty National) appeals the district court's denial of its motion for judgment on the pleadings on plaintiffs' civil rights claims, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982. Plaintiffs, a putative class of African Americans that purchased life insurance policies from Liberty National over the last sixty years, allege that Liberty National maintained...
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