ALLENDALE MUT. INS. CO. v. KAISER ENGINEERS

No. 83-2671.

804 F.2d 592 (1986)

ALLENDALE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Rhode Island corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAISER ENGINEERS, DIVISION OF HENRY J. KAISER COMPANY; Sergent Hauskins & Beckwith, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth D. Montgomery (Katherine A. Weeks of Montgomery & Andrews with him on briefs), Santa Fe, N.M., for plaintiff-appellant.

Elliot L. Bien (Vernon L. Goodin and Stephen C. Tausz of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon with him on brief), San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee Kaiser Engineers, Div. of Henry J. Kaiser Co.

Carl J. Butkus of Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, Albuquerque, N.M., for defendant-appellee Sergent Hauskins & Beckwith.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, LOGAN, Circuit Judge, and BRETT, District Judge.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

The only issue on appeal in this diversity case is whether an "actual controversy" exists within the meaning of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, between an insurer and alleged third party tortfeasors in the following circumstances.

The plaintiff, Allendale Mutual Insurance Company, had insured United Nuclear Corporation's uranium mill in New Mexico. An earthen dam for the mill's tailing pond, built by defendants Kaiser...

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