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U.S. FIDELITY AND GUAR. CO. v. THOMAS SOLVENT CO.

Nos. 91-1013 to 91-1018 and 91-1020 to 91-1023.

955 F.2d 1085 (1992)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO., Canadian Universal Insurance Co., Inc., Allstate Insurance Co., successor in interest to Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Co., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Great American Surplus Lines Insurance Co., Admiral Insurance Co., First State Insurance Co., Guaranty National Insurance Co., Gibralter Casualty Co., Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., Northstar Re-Insurance Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THOMAS SOLVENT CO., Thermo-Chem, Inc., Continental Casualty Co., Auto-Owners Insurance Co., Idea Mutual Insurance Co., Richard E. Thomas, Thomas Development, Inc., Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc., TSC Transportation, Inc., Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana, Cora B. Adkins, Alliance for a Livable Environment, Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Allen, Howard & Howard, Kalamazoo, Mich. (argued and briefed), for defendant-appellee Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

Todd R. Dickinson, Tolley, Fisher & Verwys, Grand Rapids, Mich. (argued and briefed), for defendant-appellant Allstate Ins. Co.

Jay E. Brant, Mark A. Goldsmith, Philip A. Grashoff, Jr., Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, Mich., for intervenor Richard E. Thomas.

Before KEITH and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSTONE, District Judge.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ("USF & G") appeals from the district court's order of October 30, 1990, 132 F.R.D. 660, to realign the parties in this action and to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant Thomas Solvent Company ("Thomas Solvent") operated chemical distribution facilities in Battle Creek, Michigan...

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