LAND v. U.S. FIDELITY AND GUAR. CO.

No. 95-60076.

78 F.3d 187 (1996)

Calvin P. LAND, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Monroe Hollensed, Jr., Bryan, Nelson, Randolph & Weathers, Hattiesburg, MS, John W. Land, Hattiesburg, MS, for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles G. Copeland, William Matthew Vines, Michael Wayne Baxter, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Jackson, MS, for defendant-appellant.

Before JOLLY, DUHÉ and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we trespass on the ever-shifting sands of Mississippi's uninsured motorist law — in particular as it pertains to the aggregation or "stacking" of multiple policies.1 We hold, in accordance with our understanding of the most recent Mississippi law in this area, that an insurer contractually may prohibit stacking of uninsured motorist coverage(s) in a multivehicle policy, if, first, the...

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