STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent;
Jerry Hill et al., Real Parties in Interest.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 16, 2003.
December 16, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Paul Alexander, Pamela Davis, Robin Schaefers, San Francisco; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Raoul D. Kennedy, San Francisco, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Douglas W. Dunham and Ellen P. Quackenbos, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Dean Hansell and Sharon C. Corda, Los Angeles, for National Conference of Insurance Legislators as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Robert E. Wagner, Springfield, IL, for Illinois Department of Insurance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Paul E.B. Glad and Sonia Martin, San Francisco, for National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, Barry Leigh Weissman and Daniel A. Fiore, Santa Monica, for National Association of Insurance Commissioners as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Livingston & Mattesich, Gene Livingston, John McCarron and Stacy E. Gillespie, Sacramento, for Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Christina J. Imre, Encino, for National Association of Independent Insurers, Alliance of American Insurers and American Insurance Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Horvitz & Levy, Barry R. Levy and Jeremy B. Rosen, Encino, for Personal Insurance Federation of California and Association of California Insurance Companies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Victoria E. Fimea; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw and Donald M. Falk, Palo Alto, for American Council of Life Insurers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, J. Michael Hennigan, Jeanne E. Irving, Los Angeles, Mark Anchor Albert; Gianelli & Morris, Timothy J. Morris, Los Angeles; Law Offices of Robert S. Gerstein and Robert S. Gerstein for Real Parties in Interest.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.
MALLANO, J.
This is an action against a mutual automobile insurance company incorporated and headquartered in Illinois, where the board of directors holds its meetings. A group of policyholders contends that the insurance company's board of directors did not pay dividends it promised. The trial court certified the case as a nationwide class action and ruled that California law governs the policyholders' causes of action.
The insurance company has filed a petition...
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