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SIX FLAGS, INC. v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INS. CO.

No. 08-30476.

565 F.3d 948 (2009)

SIX FLAGS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation; Arch Specialty Insurance Company, a corporation; Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, a public limited company; Commonwealth Insurance Company, a corporation; Axis Specialty Insurance Company, a corporation; Continental Casualty Company, a corporation; Liberty Corporate Capital Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Beck (argued), Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, Rikke A. Dierssen-Morice, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Michael A. McGlone, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, New Orleans, LA, for Six Flags, Inc.

Thomas G. O'Brien, Martin A. Stern (argued), Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, Costantino P. Suriano, Mound, Cotton, Wollan & Greengrass, New York City, for Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., Arch Specialty Ins. Co., Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, Commonwealth Ins. Co., Axis Specialty Ins. Co., Continental Cas. Co.

Judy Y. Barrasso, Craig Isenberg, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, LA, Kenneth W. Erickson (argued), Seth C. Harrington, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for Liberty Corporate Capital, Ltd.

Before KING, STEWART and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Six Flags, Inc. appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of seven of its property insurers. The parties primarily contest whether a sublimit in the relevant insurance policies that applies "as respects Flood" limits the insurers' liability for loss and damage at Six Flags's New Orleans theme park that resulted from flooding associated with Hurricane Katrina. The district court held that the sublimit applies to the...

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