ACANDS, INC. v. AETNA CAS. AND SUR. CO.

Nos. 83-1927, 83-1928.

764 F.2d 968 (1985)

ACANDS, INC., Appellee, v. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY and The Travelers Indemnity Company and the Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Manta, John C. Sullivan, Frumkin & Manta, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus, Allstate.

Mark L. Silbersack, Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., Patrick J. Pascarella, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, for amicus, Liberty Mutual.

Stewart Dalzell, Sharon L. Klingelsmith, Professor Tybe Ann Brett, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus, Lumbermens Mutual.

Donald E. Seymour, Peter J. Kalis, Susan T. Gelder, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for amicus, H.K. Porter Co.

James K. Killelea, Floyd H. Knowlton, George A. McKean, S. Gordon Elkins, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., Barry R. Ostrager, Peter J. Schlesinger (argued), David E. Bamberger, David M. Cain, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for appellant, The Travelers.

Richard K. Masterson, Margaret Mary Maguire, Masterson, Braunfeld, Himsworth & Maguire, Norristown, Pa., James E. Rocap, III, Stephen L. Nightingale (argued), Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, D.C., for appellant, Aetna.

Frank H. Griffin, III (argued), Mark C. Radhert, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, for appellee ACandS.

John F. Triggs, Anthony T. Coles, Slade & Pellman, New York City, for amicus, Emons Industries.

Jerold Oshinsky, Anderson Baker Kill & Olick, Washington, D.C., for amicus, Keene Corp.

E. Judge Elderkin, William R. Irwin, Donald W. Brown, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus, Fibreboard Corp.

Richard M. Shusterman, David E. Sandel, Jr., Randy J. Maslow, White and Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus, Ins. Co. of North America.

James J. Restivo, Jr., Michael J. Betts, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for amicus, Pittsburg Corning.

Before SEITZ and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Aetna Casualty and Surety Company ("Aetna") and Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Insurance Company ("Travelers") appeal from a judgment of the district court made final pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b) that granted plaintiff ACandS, Inc.'s ("ACandS") motion for partial summary judgment in this declaratory judgment action. Subject matter jurisdiction in the district court existed pursuant to 28...

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