UNIVERSAL MARINE INS. CO., LTD. v. BEACON INS. CO.

Nos. 84-1358(L), 84-1604, 84-1605 and 84-2055.

768 F.2d 84 (1985)

UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Appellant, v. BEACON INSURANCE COMPANY, Neil Portermain, New Orleans Reinsurers, Inc., Robert Shirmer, B.F.G. Toomey & Associates, Inc., B.F.G. Toomey Associates, Ltd., Barry Toomey and Cherokee Insurance Company, Ltd., Appellees, v. Frederick B. INGRAM and Ingram Corporation, Defendants. UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Appellant, v. BEACON INSURANCE COMPANY, Neil Portermain, New Orleans Reinsurers, Inc., Robert Shirmer, B.F. G. Toomey & Associates, Inc., B.F.G. Toomey Associates, Ltd., Barry Toomey and Cherokee Insurance Company, Ltd., Appellees, v. Frederick B. INGRAM and Ingram Corporation, Defendants. UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Appellant, v. BEACON INSURANCE COMPANY, Neil Portermain, New Orleans Reinsurers, Inc., Robert Shirmer, B.F.G. Toomey & Associates, Inc., B.F.G. Toomey Associates, Ltd., Barry Toomey and Cherokee Insurance Company, Ltd., Appellees, v. Frederick B. INGRAM and Ingram Corporation, Defendants. UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Appellant, v. BEACON INSURANCE COMPANY, Neil Portermain, New Orleans Reinsurers, Inc., Robert Shirmer, B.F. G. Toomey & Associates, Inc., B.F.G. Toomey Associates, Ltd., Barry Toomey and Cherokee Insurance Company, Ltd., Appellees, v. Frederick B. INGRAM and Ingram Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott M. Kroll, New York City (Bruce M. Friedman; Alan J. Brill; Sol Kroll; Kroll, Pomerantz & Cameron, New York City, Weinstein, Sturges, Odom, Groves, Bigger, Jonas & Campbell, P.A., Hugh B. Campbell, Jr., E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III, Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas P. Kanaday, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. (Rachel L. Steele, Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, Nashville, Tenn., Robert B. Cordle, Robert H. Pryor; Helms, Mulliss & Johnston, Charlotte, N.C., on brief), and David M. Spector, Chicago, Ill. (Ronald A. Jacks; Paul W. Schroeder; Edward R. Gower; Michelle M. Arnopol; Susan Babb; Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., Vernon Lane Wharton, Jr.; Hunter, Wharton & Howell, Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal represents one small part of ongoing litigation among several parties regarding interconnected reinsurance contracts. This aspect of the litigation concerns the district court's denial of a motion by the Universal Marine Insurance Company, Ltd. (hereinafter "UMIC") to impose a constructive trust on certain contested funds previously held in the registry of the United States District Court...

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