U.S. EX REL. RIGSBY v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Edgar Copley, III, Esq. (argued), August J. Matteis, Jr. , Weisbrod, Matteis & Copley, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Cecil Maison Heidelberg, Esq. , Heidelberg Harmon, P.L.L.C., Ridgeland, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Robert C. Galloway, Esq. , Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L.L.C., Gulfport, MS, Michael B. Beers , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Montgomery, AL, Hayden Adam Coleman , Bert L. Wolff , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, L.L.P., Mary Kathryn Nagle , New York, N.Y., John C. Henegan, Esq. , Luther T. Munford , Emerson Barney Robinson, III (argued), Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Bryce L. Friedman, Esq. , Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., for Amicus Curiae National Association Of Mutual Insurance Companies.

Robert Allen Long, Jr., Esq. , Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Thomas Gary Pulham (argued), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and SOUTHWICK and COSTA, Circuit Judges.