EOTT ENERGY OPERATING v. WINTERTHUR SWISS INS.

Nos. 00-35293, 00-35315.

257 F.3d 992 (2001)

EOTT ENERGY OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WINTERTHUR SWISS INSURANCE COMPANY; Compagnie Europeene D'Assurances Industrielles S.A.; St. Katherine Insurance Company, Limited; Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, (UK) Limited; Lexington Insurance Company; CNA Reinsurance of London, Limited; Imperio Campanhia De Seguros; The Dominion Insurance Company, Limited; Folksam International Insurance Company, (UK), Limited; Eisen Und Stahl Ruckversicherungs Aktiengesellschaft; Lloyds Syndicates 989, 279 and 918; Granite State Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, and Walbrook Insurance Company, El Paso Insurance Company, Limited; Dart Insurance Company, Limited; Dart and Kraft Insurance Company, Limited; Bryanston Insurance Company, Limited; Louisville Insurance Company, Limited; Ludgate Insurance Company, Limited; Mutual Reinsurance Company, Limited; Bermuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited; Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Limited; Assicurazioni General, S.P.A.; Scan Reinsurance Company, Limited; Pine Top Insurance Company, Limited; Ancon Insurance Company, (UK), Limited; Brittany Insurance Company, Limited; Insco, Ltd.; Allianz Versicherungs Aktiengesellschaft; Chemical Insurance Company Employers Insurance Company of Wausau; Evanston Insurance Company; Insurance Company of Florida; Zurich Insurance Company; International Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; Sedgwick North American Limited; Integrity Insurance Company; Ideal Mutual Insurance Company; The River Plate Reinsurance Company, Ltd.; Britacmo Mentor Insurance Company, (Uk), Limited; Pacific and General Insurance Company, Limited; Transit Casualty Company; John/Jane Does I-X; ABC Companies I-X; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, Defendants. EOTT Energy Operating Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company; Compagnie Europeene D'Assurances Industrielles S.A.; St. Katherine Insurance Company, Limited; Lexington Insurance Company; CNA Reinsurance of London, Limited; Imperio Campanhia de Seguros; The Dominion Insurance Company, Limited; Folksam International Insurance Company, (UK), Limited; Eisen Und Stahl Ruckversicherungs Aktiengesellschaft; Lloyd's Syndicates 989, 279 and 918, Defendants-Appellees, and Walbrook Insurance Company; El Paso Insurance Company, Limited; Dart Insurance Company, Limited; Dart and Kraft Insurance Company, Limited; Bryanston Insurance Company, Limited; Louisville Insurance Company, Limited; Ludgate Insurance Company, Limited; Mutual Reinsurance Company, Limited; Bermuda Fire And Marine Insurance Company, Limited; Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Limited; Assicurazioni General, S.P.A.; Scan Reinsurance Company, Limited; Pine Top Insurance Company, Limited; Ancon Insurance Company, (UK), Limited; Brittany Insurance Company, Limited; Insco, Ltd.; Allianz Versicherungs Aktiengesellschaft; Chemical Insurance Company; Employers Insurance Company of Wausau; Evanston Insurance Company; Insurance Company of Florida; Zurich Insurance Company; International Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; Sedgwick North American Limited; Integrity Insurance Company; Ideal Mutual Insurance Company; The River Plate Reinsurance Company, Ltd.; Britacmo Mentor Insurance Company (UK), Limited; Pacific and General Insurance Company, Limited; Transit Casualty Company; John/Jane Does I-X; ABC Companies I-X; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn E. Tremper, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, P.C., Great Falls, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

John G. McAndrews, Joseph J. Winowiecki, Mendes & Mount, New York, New York; Jack L. Lewis, Patrick R. Watt and Brian L. Taylor, Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, P.C., Great Falls, Montana; and L.D. Nybo, Conklin, Nybo, LeVque & Lanning, Great Falls, Montana, for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Before: Betty B. FLETCHER, Melvin BRUNETTI and Raymond C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


FISHER, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

We are presented with the question of whether there is subject matter jurisdiction in this case. Eleven years ago, Appellee EOTT Energy, then known as Enron, filed this action in Montana state court. Appellant Icarom, then the Insurance Corporation of Ireland ("ICI"), removed this action to federal court on the ground that it was an instrumentality of a foreign state as defined by...

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