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HAWKINS v. AID ASS'N FOR LUTHERANS

Nos. 01-4124, 01-4147, 01-4148.

338 F.3d 801 (2003)

Glenn A. HAWKINS and Nedra J. Hawkins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS, Defendant-Appellee. Aid Association for Lutherans, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin F. Radmer, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Yanchunis, James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, Tampa, FL, Richard A. Lockridge (argued), Lockridge Grindal Nauren, Minneapolis, MN, for Glenn A. Hawkins and Nedra J. Hawkins.

Thomas D. Yannucci, Christopher Landau (argued), James P. Gillespie, Andrew B. Kay, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for Aid Ass'n for Lutherans.

Diane A. Nygaard, Nygaard Law Firm, Kansas City, MO, Richard A. Lockridge (argued), Nygaard Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN, Richard Schiffrin, Schiffrin & Barroway, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for Martin F. Radmer, Gerald W. Bredenberg, Joanne Just, Christopher E. Schroeder and Charles Sattler.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., and MANION, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Three groups of plaintiffs filed putative class actions against Aid Association for Lutherans ("AAL"), a fraternal benefit society that provides them with life insurance, alleging that AAL engaged in fraudulent sales practices. These policyholders want their claims resolved in a judicial forum, but a federal district court ordered them to arbitration. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, AAL is a fraternal...

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