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SAUNDERS v. FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE

Nos. 05-2225, 05-2228, 05-2231.

440 F.3d 940 (2006)

Marva Jean SAUNDERS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Marva Jean Saunders, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee. Coleman McClain, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Shelter General Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Lieder, Latif Doman and Eden B. Gaines, Washington DC., Sylvester James, Jr., Kansas City, MO, for appellants.

R. Lawrence Ward and Mark A. Olthoff, Kansas City, MO., Cynthia T. Andreason, Washington DC., for Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, and Mid-Century Insurance Company.

John L. Oberdorfer, Jamie S. Gardner, and Jeanne Liedtka, Washington DC, David T.M. Powell and Alok Ahuja, Kansas City, MO, for American Family Mutual Insurance Company.

Jack L. Whitacre and Michael C. Leitch, Kansas City, MO, Shelter General Insurance Company and Shelter Mutual Insurance Company.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, FAGG and BYE, Circuit Judges.

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

In 1996, numerous plaintiffs sued twenty-five insurers under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1870, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982, seeking class action relief for defendants' allegedly discriminatory policies that deny homeowners insurance to the residents of minority neighborhoods in Missouri. The district court denied class certification and dismissed the complaint...

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