COLL v. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INS. CO.

No. 08-2174.

642 F.3d 876 (2011)

Max W. COLL, II, Catherine Joyce-Coll, Charles T. Murphy, Barbara E. Murphy, Haydock H. Miller, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, Jason Marks, David W. King, Ben R. Lujan, Lynda M. Lovejoy, E. Shirley Baca, New Mexico Department of Insurance, Eric Serna, Old Republic Title Insurance Company, Inc., Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, Transnation Title Insurance Company, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Ticor Title Insurance Company, Commerce Title Insurance Company, United General Title Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor R. Marshall , Victor R. Marshall & Associates, P.C., Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles A. Newman , Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, St. Louis, MO, ( Richard M. Zuckerman , Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, New York, NY, Jerry Wertheim , Jerry Todd Wertheim , Jones, Snead, Wertheim & Wentworth, P.C., Santa Fe, NM, David M. Foster , Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael B. Campbell , Holland & Hart LLP, Santa Fe, NM, David Fleischer , Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, New York, NY, W. Spencer Reid , Thomas C. Bird , Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, Phillip E. Stano and Brian C. Spahn , Sutherland, Washington, D.C., D. James Sorenson , Kemp Smith, LLP, El Paso, TX, Stephen C. Schoettmer , Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, and Thomas A. Simons, IV , Faith Kalman Reyes , Simons & Slattery, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, with him on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, EBEL, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

In this litigation, Plaintiffs challenge New Mexico's statutory scheme regulating title insurance, arguing it is contrary to state law. Here, Plaintiffs appeal the district court's decision dismissing their claims against several title insurance companies that have complied with this New Mexico law. Having jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM.1

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