HOYLAKE INVESTMENTS LTD. v. BELL

Civ. A. No. 89-4152-s.

723 F.Supp. 576 (1989)

HOYLAKE INVESTMENTS LIMITED, A Bermuda company limited by shares, Plaintiff, v. Fletcher BELL, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance, Defendant, and Farmers Group, Inc.; Farmers Insurance Company, Inc.; Farmers Insurance Exchange; Truck Insurance Exchange; and Fire Insurance Exchange, Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

September 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Palmer and Wayne T. Stratton, Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer, Topeka, Kan. and Robert L. Ring, Edwin G. Schallert and Thomas Carroll, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for plaintiff.

Pamela F. Scott, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief Atty., and Mike Broemmel, Kansas Ins. Dept., Topeka, Kan., Winton A. Winter, Jr., John W. Lungstrum and William J. Skepnek, Stevens, Brand, Lungstrum, Golden & Winter, Lawrence, Kan., William W. Sneed, Gehrt & Roberts, Chtd., Topeka, Kan., Stuart M. deHaaff, Frederick J. Brookwell and Leonard Venger, Bughalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, Cal., and Rory O. Millson, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant.

James A. Strain, Eric R. Moy, Peter J. Rusthoven and Janet R. Barbre, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, Ind., for proposed amici curiae The American Council of Life Ins. & The American Ins. Ass'n.

David B. Simmons, Nat'l Ass'n of Ins. Com'rs, Kansas City, Mo. amici curiae.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. On Friday, September 15, 1989, the court heard oral argument on plaintiff's motion. For the purposes of the pending motion, the court makes the following findings of fact.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Plaintiff Hoylake Investments Limited ("Hoylake") is a Bermuda subsidiary of an English company. On July 11, 1989, Hoylake...

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