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VAN HOLT v. LIBERTY MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 97-5098.

143 F.3d 783 (1998)

Re VAN HOLT, Jo Van Holt, Appellants, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Liberty Mutual Group.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Villere, Jr., Blumenstyk & Villere, Morristown, NJ, for Appellant.

Eli L. Eytan, Law Offices of Mauro C. Casci, Leonardo, NJ, for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, LEWIS, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) January 23, 1998.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents this Court with an important question of first impression pertaining to federal subject-matter jurisdiction over a complaint by an insured predicated on the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ("NFIA") but actually sounding in tort. The plaintiffs' complaint alleges that Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company ("Liberty Mutual...

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