WASHINGTON–The Supreme Court declined to review a Texas law that bars Allstate from buying any more auto repair facilities in the state.

Yesterday, without comment, the High Court rejected Allstate's challenge to a state law that bars the insurer from buying additional auto repair facilities and also restricts the company from participating in the running of 15 repair shops it owns in the state.

The law was enacted in 2003 after Allstate purchased Sterling Collision Centers in 2001, a move that gave the insurers nationwide entry into the automobile repair business.

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