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NEW CASTLE COUNTY v. HARTFORD ACC. AND INDEM. CO.

Nos. 89-3814, 90-3012 and 90-3030.

933 F.2d 1162 (1991)

NEW CASTLE COUNTY v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Connecticut, Home Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of New Hampshire, Continental Casualty Company, a corporation of the State of Illinois, United States Fire Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of New York, Insurance Company of North America, a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania, Continental Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of New Hampshire, United States Liability Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania, National Union Fire Insurance Company, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Minnesota, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, a corporation of the State of Connecticut, and Zurich Insurance Company, a Swiss corporation Continental Casualty Company ("CNA'), Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1991.

As Amended May 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Makadon (argued), David L. Cohen, Geoffrey A. Kahn, Walter M. Einhorn, Jr., Gilpin W. Bartels, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pa., John G. Mulford, Michael J. Goodrick, Theisen, Lank, Mulford and Goldberg, P.A., Wilmington, Del., for CNA, appellant.

Joseph D. Tydings (argued), Jerold Oshinsky, Catherine Serafin Sponseller, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, D.C., George H. Seitz, III, Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol and Schnee, Wilmington, Del., for New Castle County, appellee.

Clifford B. Hendler (argued), John I. Stewart, Jr., Scott L. Winkelman, William D. Wallace, Crowell & Moring, Dennis M. Flannery, A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Insurance Co. of North America, appellee.

William J. Cattie, III, Heckler & Cattie, Wilmington, Del., Edward B. Deutsch, Laurence M. McHeffey, Loren L. Pierce, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, N.J., for U.S. Fire Ins. Co., appellee.

Gary W. Aber, Heiman, Aber & Goldlust, Wilmington, Del., James E. Rocap, III, Thomas B. Carr, D. Bradley Clements, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, D.C., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., appellees.

Dennis D. Ferri, Michael A. Pedicone, Dennis D. Ferri, P.A., Wilmington, Del., Philip A. Ryan, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, Pa., for U.S. Liability Ins. Co., appellee.

Norman M. Monhait, Morris, Rosenthal, Monhait & Gross, P.A., Wilmington, Del., Roger E. Warin, Virginia L. White-Mahaffey, Anita G. Raby, Janet W. Steverson-Wright, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for The Home Ins. Co., appellee.

Alfred J. Kuffler, Michael B. McCauley, Stephen M. Calder, Kevin G. O'Donovan, David R. Kunz, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for John Richard Ludbrooke Youell, amicus curiae.

Charles M. Oberly, III, Atty. Gen., State of Del., Robert S. Kuehl, Stuart B. Drowos, Deputy Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for State of Del., amicus curiae.

Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Com. of Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., for Commonwealth of Pa., amicus curiae.

Bert W. Rein, Thomas W. Brunner, Sharon Rau Dissinger, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for Insurance Environmental Litigation Ass'n, amicus curiae.

William H. Allen, William F. Greaney, Martin Wald, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., ICI Americas, Inc., Intern. Business Machines Corp., Olin Corp., The American Petroleum Institute, and The Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n, amici curiae.

Before BECKER and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge, Court of International Trade.

OPINION OF THE COURT

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