UNITED STATES v. TITLE INS. RATING BUREAU OF ARIZ.

No. 82-5130.

700 F.2d 1247 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TITLE INSURANCE RATING BUREAU OF ARIZONA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip P. Berelson, Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, Ariz., John F. Graybeal, John C. Christie, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Stephen Ross, Gordon L. Lang, David A. Blotner, Antitrust Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Kenneth R. Reed, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for amicus curiae.

Before POOLE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and McNICHOLS, Senior District Judge.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

The United States, Arizona and two private plaintiffs sued the Title Insurance Rating Bureau of Arizona, Inc. ("TIRBA") for fixing the prices of escrow services. Plaintiffs were granted summary judgment, despite two defenses offered by TIRBA: the McCarran-Ferguson Act exemption for the "business of insurance" and the state action immunity. The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

FACTS

TIRBA is a title insurance rating...

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