LOUISIANA EX REL. CALDWELL v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 08-30465.

536 F.3d 418 (2008)

State of LOUISIANA, ex rel., James D. CALDWELL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Bishop Johnson (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Joseph J. McKernan, Ashley E. Philen, McKernan Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, John W. Houghtaling, Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams, Metairie, LA, Stephen B. Murray, Murray Law Firm, Russ M. Herman, Stephen Jay Herman, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, T. Carey Wicker, III, Capitelli & Wicker, New Orleans, LA, Mark Philip Glago, The Glago Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard L. Fenton (argued), Steven M. Levy, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Judy Y. Barrasso, Susan M. Rogge, Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, LA, for Allstate Ins. Co.

Howard Bruce Kaplan, David M. McDonald, Bernard, Cassissa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, LA, for Lafayette Ins. Co.

Joel M. Cohen, Daniel S. Kahn, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Mark Aaron Cunningham, Jones Walker, New Orleans, LA, for Xactware Solutions, Ins. and Insurance Services Office, Inc.

Mark Raymond Beebe, Ronald J. Sholes, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, LLC.

Wayne J. Lee, James C. Gulotta, Jr., Michael Quirk Walshe, Jr., Justin Paul Lemaire, Stone, Pigman, Walther & Wittmann, New Orleans, LA, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Amelia Williams Koch, Alexander McVoy McIntyre, Jr., Steven Franklin Griffith, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, LA, for USAA Cas. Ins. Co.

Marcy Hogan Greer, Michael Scott Incerto, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, TX, Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Bradley Charles Myers, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, Richard N. Carrell, Layne E. Kruse, Hannah DeMarco Sibiski, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Farmers Ins. Exchange.

Harry A. Rosenberg, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, Bryce L. Friedman, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York City, for Standard Fire Ins. Co.

James A. Brown, Kenneth Todd Wallace, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, James L. Bernard, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, New York City, for McKinsey & Co., Inc.

Before STEWART, OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

The State of Louisiana, through its former Attorney General, Charles C. Foti, Jr.,1 along with counsel from a number of private law firms2 [collectively "Louisiana"], filed a lawsuit which it styled as a parens patriae action against the following defendants: Allstate Insurance Company, Lafayette Insurance Company, Xactware Solutions...

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