FEDERAL INS. CO. v. RAYTHEON CO.

No. 05-1086.

426 F.3d 491 (2005)

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY; Axis Surplus Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, Appellees; v. RAYTHEON COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Newmann, with whom Ellen S. Kennedy, Kurt B. Gerstner, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, and Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, P.C., were on brief, for appellee Federal Insurance Company.

John D. Hughes, with whom Wendy L. Rosebush and Edwards & Angell, LLP, were on brief, for appellee Axis Surplus Insurance Company.

Christopher Landau, with whom James F. Kavanaugh, Jr., Johanna L. Matloff, James P. Gillespie, Eric B. Wolff, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford, LLP, and Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, were on brief, for appellant Raytheon Company.

Before TORRUELLA, DYK, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

This is an insurance coverage dispute. On May 19, 2003, a class action was filed against Raytheon Company ("Raytheon") under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("the ERISA action"). At that time, Raytheon was insured under a liability insurance policy issued by Federal Insurance Company ("Federal") and an excess policy issued by Axis Surplus Insurance Company ("Axis"). Raytheon requested coverage from the insurers. In response...

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