ADAMS v. USAA CAS. INS. CO.

No. 16-3382, No. 16-3482.

863 F.3d 1069 (2017)

Mark I. ADAMS; Katherine S. Adams, Plaintiffs v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, doing business as USAA; USAA General Indemnity Co., doing business as USAA; United Services Automobile Association, doing business as USAA, Defendants, v. Wystan Michael Ackerman, Respondent. Kenneth (Casey) Castleberry, Appellant. Stephen O. Clancy; Stephen C. Engstrom; Stephen Edward Goldman, Respondents. John C. Goodson; D. Matt Keil; Matthew L. Mustokoff; Timothy J. Myers; Richard E. Norman, Appellants. Lyn Peeples Pruitt, Respondent. William B. Putman; Jason Earnest Roselius; W. H. Taylor; A. F. (Tom) Thompson, III; Stevan Earl Vowell; R. Martin Weber, Jr., Appellants. Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action Fairness, Amicus Curiae-Appellee. Mark I. Adams; Katherine S. Adams, Plaintiffs v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, doing business as USAA; USAA General Indemnity Co., doing business as USAA; United Services Automobile Association, doing business as USAA, Defendants v. Wystan Michael Ackerman, Appellant. Kenneth (Casey) Castleberry; Stephen O. Clancy; Stephen C. Engstrom, Respondents. Stephen Edward Goldman, Appellant. John C. Goodson; D. Matt Keil; Matthew L. Mustokoff; Timothy J. Myers; Richard E. Norman, Respondents. Lyn Peeples Pruitt, Appellant. William B. Putman; Jason Earnest Roselius; W. H. Taylor; A. F. (Tom) Thompson, III; Stevan Earl Vowell; R. Martin Weber, Jr., Respondents. Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action Fairness, Amicus Curiae-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants, Kenneth (Casey) Castleberry, John C. Goodson, D. Matt Keil, Matthew L. Mustokoff, Timothy J. Myers, Richard E. Norman, William B. Putman, Jason Earnest Roselius, W. H. Taylor, A. F. (Tom) Thompson, III, Stevan Earl Vowell, and R. Martin Weber, Jr., was Gregory P.N. Joseph, of New York, NY. The following attorneys also appeared on the brief; Mara Leventhal, of New York, NY., Courtney Solomon, of New York, NY.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants, Wystan Michael Ackerman, Stephen Edward Goldman, and Lyn Peeples Pruitt, was Thomas C. Walsh, of St. Louis, MO. The following attorney also appeared on the brief; Brian C. Walsh, of St. Louis, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the amicus curiae-appellee, Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action Fairness, and appeared on the brief was Theodore, H. Frank, of Washington, DC.

Before SMITH, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


In this consolidated appeal, the appellants, attorneys for plaintiffs2 and defendants3 in a putative class action, appeal from the district court's orders (1) finding that the appellants violated Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and abused the judicial

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