Delta Life and Annuity Company v. Freeman Financial Services Corporation James G. Freeman & Associates, Inc. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

57 F.3d 1076 1995-2 Trade Cases P 71,141 , RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 8905 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. DELTA LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FREEMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION; James G. Freeman & Associates, Inc.; the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16999. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 10, 1995. Decided June 15, 1995. Before: GIBSON, * HUG, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant, Delta Life and Annuity Company, filed an action in federal district court alleging appellees' violation of federal antitrust law and RICO. Delta also alleged violation of several state statutes. The district court dismissed all of Delta's claims pursuant to a motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We conclude that because a state court in a parallel action has issued a final judgment, the doctrine of res judicata prevents us from…