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NEWTON v. CAPITAL ASSUR. CO., INC.

Nos. 98-7015, 99-10305.

209 F.3d 1302 (2000)

Alex W. NEWTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CAPITAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Vollmer, III, Roger Crane Guilian, Killion & Vollmer, P.C., Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Bruce J. McKee, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, Richard Bounds, Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and COX and HULL, Circuit Judges.

COX, Circuit Judge:

Capital Assurance Company, Inc. appeals the award of prejudgment interest in an insurance contract action based on a federally-subsidized Standard Flood Insurance Policy it issued under Part B of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4001-4041, 4071-4129 (1994 & Supp. II 1996) (NFIA). We address, for the first time in this circuit, whether a district court violates sovereign immunity principles by awarding prejudgment...

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