TRUE v. ROBLES

No. 08-50782.

571 F.3d 412 (2009)

James E. TRUE, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Similarly Situated Persons, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Josue ROBLES; John H. Moellering; John P. Abizaid; Patricia C. Barron; John D. Buckelew; Thomas P. Carney; Daniel W. Christman; Eileen M. Collins; Stephen B. Croker; Leslie G. Denend; Thomas B. Fargo; Frederick M. Hamilton; Marcelite J. Harris; William J. Hybl; Jay Johnson; Lester L. Lyles; Michael E. Ryan; Joseph C. Strassner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Scott Coleman, Edward Caldwell Dawson, Yetter, Warden & Coleman, LLP, Austin, TX, Austin P. Tighe, Jr., Freazell & Tighe, LLP, Austin, TX, David Edward Warden, Richard Paul Yetter, Yetter, Warden & Coleman, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Alun Jones, Ashley Elizabeth Street, Jessica S. Taylor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, San Antonio, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, DAVIS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This putative class-action suit raises a novel question concerning the fundamental legal structure of a peculiar entity known as a reciprocal insurance exchange, which is essentially an insurance company cooperatively owned by those it insures, known as "members" or "subscribers." Specifically, we must inquire into the nature of the legal relationship between the board of directors of the United Services Automobile Association ("USAA"), a...

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