NICHOLS v. ANDERSON

No. 84-4498.

788 F.2d 1140 (1986)

Ronald D. NICHOLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy ANDERSON, et al., Defendants, Canal Insurance Company, Garnishee-Appellee. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CANAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing June 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitman B. Johnson, III, Steen, Reynolds, Dalehite & Currie, Jackson, Miss., for Allstate Ins. Co.

King & Spencer, Larry Spencer, Jackson, Miss., for Ronald D. Nichols.

Michael B. Wallace, Jones, Mockbee & Bass, Walker W. Jones, III, Ross F. Bass, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for Canal Ins. Co.

Before WISDOM, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

In this Mississippi diversity case, plaintiffs Ronald Nichols and Allstate Insurance Co. appeal summary judgments in favor of defendant Canal Insurance Company. Applying Mississippi law to determine the validity of a radius-exclusion clause in an insurance policy issued in Arkansas, the district court found the clause valid. Concluding that Arkansas law governs this case and mandates the voiding of the radius-exclusion clause...

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