BODY BY COOK, INC. v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS.

No. 16-31034.

869 F.3d 381 (2017)

BODY BY COOK, INCORPORATED; Robert Cook, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE; Allstate Insurance Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; GEICO General Insurance Company; Progressive Security Insurance Company; Travelers Insurance Company; Ramona Latiolais, individually and as corporate representative for State Farm, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Smith , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Wayne Joseph Lee, Esq. , Maggie Anne Broussard , Rachel Wendt Wisdom, Esq. , Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, L.L.C., Kristin L. Beckman , H. Minor Pipes, III , Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., Maria Nan Alessandra, Esq. , Kim Maria Boyle, Esq. , Gillian Egan , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., David A. Strauss , Reed M. Coleman , King, Krebs & Jurgens, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Richard L. Fenton , Dentons US, L.L.P., Timothy J. Rooney , Cardelle B. Spangler , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Bonnie Lau, Esq. , Dentons US, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Michael Edward Mumford , Jonathon James Korinko, Esq. , Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, Dennis Paul Duffy, Esq. , Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Stephen Alan LaFleur , Attorney, Charles S. Weems, III , Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-Appellants — Body by Cook, Inc. and its owner, Robert Cook — filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging various civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, § 1985, and Title VII, as well as several related state-law claims. Defendants-Appellees are several national...

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