In re New Jersey Title Insurance Litigation, No. 10-3343; Third Circuit; opinion by Sloviter, U.S.C.J.; filed June 14, 2012. Before Judges McKee and Sloviter and Justice O’Connor (retired). On appeal from the District of New Jersey. [Sat below: Judge Brown.] DDS No. 59-8-6758 [19 pp.]
Appellant-title insurance purchasers, on behalf of themselves and similarly situated consumers, appeal from the district court’s orders dismissing their state and federal antitrust claims against numerous New Jersey title insurance companies alleging that the insurers collectively fixed title insurance rates in violation of the Sherman Act and the New Jersey Antitrust Act. The district court held that appellants’ complaint is barred by the filed-rate doctrine, a lack of standing, and federal and state antitrust liability exemptions.
