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ROMAN CATH. DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD v. MARYLAND CAS.

No. 97-2482.

139 F.3d 561 (1998)

ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD IN ILLINOIS, a Trust, Daniel L. Ryan, Bishop, Successor Trustee, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and TIG Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, and National Risk Retention Group, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1998.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing April 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Graham (argued), Dean W. Jackson, Graham & Graham, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jill B. Berkeley, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Joshua G. Vincent (argued), Peter C. Morse, D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Illinois and the other appellants (collectively, "the Diocese") sought a declaratory judgment obligating their insurers, among them Maryland Casualty Company, to defend the Diocese in a state court action filed by the parents of children abused by a former parish priest. The district court granted Maryland Casualty judgment on the pleadings, reasoning that the injuries claimed by the parents...

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