RUSSELL CORP. v. AMERICAN HOME ASSUR. CO.

No. 00-13934.

264 F.3d 1040 (2001)

RUSSELL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Commerce and Industry Insurance Company, et al., Defendants, Aetna Casualty & Surety Insurance Company, Inc., The, a.k.a. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Wood, Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner, W. Gregory Smith, Spain & Gillon, L.L.C., Emily Sides Bonds, Walston, Stabler, Wells, Anderson & Bains, Walter Jasper Price, III, Frank E. Lankford, Jr., Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Lee H. Zell, Balch & Bingham, Thomas L. Selden, J. Bentley Owens, III, Starnes & Atchison, M. Alex Goldsmith, Birmingham, AL, Laura J. Coe, Brian S. Martin, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, P.C., Houston, TX, Howard Close, Beaumont, TX, J. Mark Hart, Olscher & Hart, P.C., Laura Catherine Nettles, Lloyd, Schreiber & Gray, P.C., Robert E. Cooper, Rives & Peterson, William Anderson Mudd, McDaniel, Hall & Conerly, P.C., Vernon L. Wells, II, Watson, Wells, Anderson & Bains, C. William Gladden, Jr., James Stanley Witcher, III, Gladden & Sinor, P.C., Carol A. Smith, Brenen G. Ely, Smith & Ely, Joel Alan Williams, Sadler, Sullivan, Herring & Sharp, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Edward J. Grass, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, McLean, VA, D. Brent Baker, Frazer, Greene, Upchurch & Baker, Mobile, AL, Alan K. Goldstein, Douglas E. Gossow, Goldstein & Price, L.C., St. Louis, MO, Linda B. Foster, Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C., Atlanta, GA, James P. Ruggeri, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Timothy R. Dingilian, Washington, DC, William M. Cohn, Michael M. Murick, Brian C. Coffey, Chicago, IL, Greg C. Wilkins, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, LLP, Beaumont, TX, David M. Cassidy, James V. Aiosa, Gary D. Centola, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, LLP, Uniondale, NY, John J. Dwyer, William Patrick Shelley, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Philip R. King, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Matthew H. Lembke, Frederick Wendell Allen, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before DUBINA and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER, District Judge.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

The Appellants in this case are a group of insurance companies (the "Insurers") who were sued in state court by Appellee Russell Corporation ("Russell"). The Insurers removed the case on diversity grounds, but the district court remanded for want of unanimous consent to removal. We affirm.

I. Background

Russell filed this action in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, seeking to determine whether there is...

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