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PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. LYNN

No. 73-1330.

492 F.2d 979 (1974)

PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James T. LYNN, in his capacity as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Kershaw, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff-appellant.

Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln C. Almond, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and McENTEE, Circuit Judges

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by a private insurance company, insurer of a state prison, from an adverse judgment in its suit against its federal reinsurer, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The question for review is whether the district court erred in concluding that the fire loss, under the circumstances described below, was not caused by a "riot" or a "civil disorder" within the meaning of...

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