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ARROYO-MELECIO v. PUERTO RICAN AMERICAN INS. CO.

No. 04-1045.

398 F.3d 56 (2005)

Rafael ARROYO-MELECIO; Daniel Espinosa-de-León; Angel M. Ortiz-Quiñones; Celia Rodríguez-Rivera; Conjugal Partnership Ortiz-Rodríguez, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PUERTO RICAN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY; Universal Insurance Company; Preferred Risk Insurance Company; Integrand Assurance Company; Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples de Puerto Rico; Royal & Sun Alliance of Puerto Rico, Inc.; Seguros Triple SSS, Inc.; National Insurance Company; American International Insurance Company of Puerto Rico, Inc.; Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company; Allstate Insurance Company; Asociación de Suscripcíon Conjunta de Seguro de Responsabilidad Obligatorio, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio J. Amadeo-Murga, for appellants.

Heidi L. Rodríguez, with whom Néstor M. Méndez-Gómez, Kevin M. Acevedo-Carlson, and Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLP were on brief, for appellees Puerto Rican American Insurance Company & Preferred Risk Insurance Company.

Arturo J. García-Solá, with whom Luz Nereida Carrero, Mario Arroyo, Fiddler González & Rodríguez, Roberto C. Quiñones-Rivera, Nannette Berríos-Haddock and McConnell Valdés were on brief, for all appellees except Puerto Rican American Insurance Company & Preferred Risk Insurance Company.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

In 1995, in order to address the problem of the large number of drivers in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without vehicle liability insurance, the commonwealth enacted the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Act, Law 253 ("Law 253"), codified at 26 P.R. Laws Ann. §§ 8051 et seq.

This federal antitrust suit challenged certain conduct of private insurers and the new state-created entity under Law 253, the Joint...

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