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MILLERS NAT. INS. CO. v. AXEL'S EXP., INC.

No. 87-6606.

851 F.2d 267 (1988)

MILLERS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY; John Caulfield, dba Caulfield Trucking; Donald Preston Thurman, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants, and Interstate Truck Underwriters, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant, v. AXEL'S EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Farano and Jeffrey L. Farano, Farano and Kieviet, Anaheim, Cal., for appellants.

Kurt A. Moll, Rigg and Dean, Santa Ana, Cal., for appellees.

Before HUG, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction. The sole issue is whether a federal district court has federal-question jurisdiction over a dispute between two insurance companies for coverage of an accident involving an interstate motor carrier regulated under federal law. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 16, 1985, Donald Thurman was driving a truck owned by Caulfield Trucking ("Caulfield") and leased to Axel's Express,...

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