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APPLING v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Nos. 00-16521, 02-16452.

340 F.3d 769 (2003)

William A. APPLING; Joseph J. Kelly; Robert Buehler; John Lloyd; Daryl Mitchell; Richard Pyorre; John Weir; Gerard M. Verdi; William R. Sparks; Leonard D. Doctor; Jerry Lee Flanders; Verne Walton Ins; Larry K. Wilson; Michael C. Hartman; Daniel Brumfield; Martin H. Lefton; Douglas H. Perry; Mathew N. Pickett, Jr.; Jo Ann Searcy; William R. Cornelison; Marilyn J. Cusimano; Dennis B. Farrell; Andrew W. Gaines; David B. Gordon; Paul Julian Ins; Rosanne Smith; W.F. "Bill" Burbank Insurance Agency, Inc.; Jean A. Cormier; Lee Cramer Insurance Agency, Inc.; Franklin Dutto; Joan F. Ehler; Raymond C. Gilmore; Allen K. Golden; Richard O. Johnson; Gabriel O. Juarez, Jr.; Bob Kennedy Insurance Agency, Inc.; Lewis Insurance Agency, Inc.; Lykke Insurance Agency, Inc.; Robert G. Marshall; Terry L. McManus; Alan L. Perkins; Dale W. Pitney, Jr.; Eleanor E. Rowland; Jorge Sotelo Insurance Agency, Inc.; Anthony E. Vito; Terry D. Walker; Judy E. Weldin-Leathers; Thomas A. Wilson; Michelle B. Pierce, aka Michelle B. Yates; Clifford K. Young; William Batchelder; Hooper Insurance Agency; Harold R. Little; Fred Love; Sam I. Mayeda; Jim Moore Insurance Agency, Inc.; Michael L. Morgan; The Edward Pierce Insurance Agency, Inc.; Dick Juge Insurance Agency, Inc.; Paul Quilici; Bill Bernard Insurance Agency, Inc.; Jacob Castroll; Reguera Insurance Agency, Inc.; Chambers Insurance Agency, Inc.; Lee P. Saghirian; Tana P. Glockner, aka Tana P. Glockner-Shultz; Kenneth E. Carroll; Richard S. Frank Insurance Agency, Inc.; Bob Andras Insurance Agency, Inc.; Patricia Adkins Insurance Agency, Inc.; Joann M. Pergrem, aka Joann McWilliams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY; State Farm Fire and Casualty Company; State Farm Life Insurance Company; State Farm General Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. William A. Appling; Leonard D. Doctor; Jerry Lee Flanders; Larry K. Wilson; Michael C. Hartman; Daniel Brumfield; Martin H. Lefton; Douglas H. Perry; Mathew N. Pickett, Jr.; Jo Ann Searcy; William R. Cornelison; Marilyn J. Cusimano; Dennis B. Farrell; Andrew W. Gaines; David B. Gordon; Rosanne Smith; Paul Julian Insurance Agency, Inc.; Verne Walton Insurance Agency, Inc.; Raymond C. Gilmore; Bob Kennedy Insurance Agency, Inc.; Lewis Insurance Agency, Inc.; Dale W. Pitney, Jr.; Anthony E. Vito; Terry D. Walker; Paul Quilici; Jacob Castroll, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; State Farm Fire and Casualty Company; State Farm Life Insurance Company; State Farm General Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Tedards, Jr., Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants.

George A. Yuhas, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Steven A. Brick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Alex Kozinski, and Stephen S. Trott, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted March 31, 2003 — San Francisco, California.

Opinion by Judge TROTT; Dissent by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER

OPINION

TROTT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants ("Agents") are independent-contractor insurance agents who sold insurance products for the State Farm group of insurance companies ("State Farm").1 Each Agent has or had an independent-contractor agreement with State Farm ("contract...

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