BURNHAM SHOES, INC. v. WEST AMERICAN INS. CO.

No. 85-7534.

784 F.2d 1531 (1986)

BURNHAM SHOES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY and American Fire and Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel E. Dillard, William J. Baxley, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert S. Lamar, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, VANCE, Circuit Judge, and THOMAS, Senior District Judge.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Burnham Shoes, Inc. ("Burnham") appeals from the district court's decision on summary judgment that the defendant insurance companies ("the insurers") were not obligated to defend Burnham in an antitrust suit brought by a competitor. The insurers argued, and the district court held, that any provisions in Burnham's policies which otherwise would have required the insurers to defend the suit1 were void as...

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