TARACORP, INC. v. NL INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 95-1876.

73 F.3d 738 (1996)

TARACORP, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NL INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied February 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm H. Brooks (argued), Marc L. Fogelberg, Clifton A. Lake, McBride, Baker & Coles, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Reed S. Oslan (argued), David S. Chipman, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 13, 1996.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Taracorp, Inc. ("Taracorp") sued NL Industries, Inc. ("NL") for indemnification of certain environmental clean-up liabilities under their March 4, 1985 Agreement. Exercising its diversity jurisdiction, the district court granted summary judgment for NL. The district court found that the language of the Agreement unambiguously excluded the type of claim Taracorp was...

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