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FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE v BELL

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CaseNo: FIEVB166412, CourtCode: SM, CourtName: SUPREME COURT OF THE, Plaintiff: FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>FIEVB166412, California, Insurance, California Chamber, Administrative/production, United States, Employees, Amici Curiae, American Insurance Association, Federal Law, Commerce, Claims Adjusters, Production, Worker, Exempt Administrators, Interpretation, Farmers Insurance Exchange, First Question, Worker Dichotomy, Wage Order, Flsa, Administrative Exemption, Petitioner, Certiorari, First Appellate District, General Business Operations, Management Policies, Branch Claims Offices, Wage-and-hour , ContentID: 120248181

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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS

CALIFORNIA
INSURANCE
BUSINESS
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER
ADMINISTRATIVE/PRODUCTION
UNITED STATES
EMPLOYEES
AMICI CURIAE
AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
FEDERAL LAW
COMMERCE
CLAIMS ADJUSTERS
PRODUCTION
WORKER
EXEMPT ADMINISTRATORS
INTERPRETATION
FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE
FIRST QUESTION
WORKER DICHOTOMY
WAGE ORDER
FLSA
ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION
PETITIONER
CERTIORARI
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
GENERAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT POLICIES
BRANCH CLAIMS OFFICES
WAGE-AND-HOUR

                                No. 01-485




                                   IN THE
            Supreme Court of the
                    United States

                  FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE,  Petitioner,
                                       v.
             ROSE M. BELL, LOREN D. MITCHELL, RACHEL
     POESCHEL, WYNN ANDERSON AND JOSEPH C. KOKAISL,
     INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF OTHERS SIMILARLY
                                 SITUATED,
                                                                          Respondents.

                  On Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari
                 To The Court Of Appeal Of California,
                           First Appellate District

                     BRIEF AMICI CURIAE OF
           THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,
            THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE
                    UNITED STATES, AND THE
            CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
                 IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER


Of counsel:                            WILLIAM J. KILBERG, P.C.
CRAIG A. BERRINGTON                      Counsel of Record
AMERICAN INSURANCE                     THOMAS G. HUNGAR
 SSSOCIATION                           JASON C. SCHWARTZ
1130 Connecticut Ave., N.W.  GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
Washington, D.C. 20036                 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
      (202) 828-7100
                                       Washington, D.C.  20036
                                       (202) 955-8500
                                                             Counsel for Amici Curiae

                [Additional of counsel listed on inside front cover]

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FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Petitioner,

To The Court Of Appeal Of California,

First Appellate District

BRIEF AMICI CURIAE OF THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,

UNITED STATES, AND THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

This brief addresses the first question presented by the petition, whether courts should

The California Court of Appeal's Interpretation Of The Administrative/Production

Bell v. Farmers Insurance Exchange,

The American Insurance Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and the me requirements under federal and California law.

The importance of the decision below to AIA and to its members cannot be overstated the to protect themselves.

In this case, the Court of Appeal decided a question of critical importance to the California