SQUIRES v. REPUBLIC INS. CO.

No. 76-1850.

572 F.2d 560 (1978)

Steven L. SQUIRES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Clark, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Shelburne Ferguson, Jr., B. C. McInturff, Kingsport, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, WEICK, Circuit Judge, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

Appellee, Steven L. Squires, instituted this action in Tennessee state court for the breach by appellant Republic Insurance Company (hereinafter Republic) of an insurance contract and for bad faith in Republic's refusal to pay a claim resulting from a fire which destroyed a dwelling owned by appellee's corporation. Republic removed the action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a)(1), (c), 1441(a) and the case was

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