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MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S024390.

6 Cal.4th 287 (1993)

861 P.2d 1153

24 Cal. Rptr.2d 467

MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; CANADIAN UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

November 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Latham & Watkins, David L. Mulliken, Richard A. Conn, Jr., Kristine L. Wilkes, Donna J. Williams, Daniel E. Butcher and Michael G. Romey for Petitioner.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Cary B. Lerman, Charles D. Siegal and Kristin A. Linsley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Peter W. Davis, Barry Ostrager, Coudert Brothers, Douglas L. Hallett, William M. Samoska, Manfried H. Stucki, Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe, Charles I. Eisner, Alan E. Swerdlow, O'Melveny & Myers, Ralph W. Dau, H. Douglas Galt, Mindlin, Tigerman & Holtzman, Michael Holtzman, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, John Chesney, Richard T. Buchanan, Jeffrey A. Pott, Wilson, Kenna & Borys, Lawrence Borys, Jeffrey Burt, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields, & Younger, Marcus M. Kaufman, Adrienne F. Millican and Cheryl A. Orr for Real Parties in Interest.

Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger, Thomas J. Ready, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Christopher D. Cerf, Laura A. Foggan and William A. McGrath as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

This declaratory relief action presents issues relating to the scope of a liability insurer's duty to defend its insured in an underlying third party lawsuit. The parties before us — carriers who issued comprehensive general liability (CGL) policies and the pesticide manufacturer to which the policies were sold — disagree on the proper use of extrinsic evidence in determining the scope of the defense...

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