TACO BELL CORP. v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

Nos. 03-2867, 03-2868, 03-3550.

388 F.3d 1069 (2004)

TACO BELL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Zurich American Insurance Company, Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene A. Schoon (argued), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael G. Bruton (argued), Rebecca L. Ross, Ross, Dixon & Bell, Chicago, IL, for Continental Cas. Co.

Melinda Sue Kollross, Clausen Miller, Chicago, IL, for Zurich American Ins.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Taco Bell has sued two insurance companies, Zurich and Continental, each of which had issued it a liability-insurance policy. The basis of federal jurisdiction is diversity of citizenship, and the substantive issues are governed, the parties tacitly agree, by Illinois law. The suit seeks a declaration that the insurance companies have a duty to pay for Taco Bell's defense against a diversity lawsuit that has been brought against it in a federal...

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