LOONEY RICKS KISS ARCHITECTS v. STATE FARM FIRE

No. 11-30121.

677 F.3d 250 (2012)

LOONEY RICKS KISS ARCHITECTS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Steve Bryan, et al., Defendants. Lafayette Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Steve H. Bryan; Bryan Construction Company, Incorporated; Bryan Company; Cypress Lake Development LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Andrew Zummo (argued), Law Offices of Patrick Zummo, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Gerald Martin Johnson, Jr. , Lisa D. Lobrano (argued), Lunn, Irion, Salley, Carlisle & Gardner, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Steven Harrison Smith , Steven H. Smith & Associates, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jennifer P. McKay (argued), Barham, Warner, Stroud & McKay, Shreveport, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Looney Ricks Kiss Architects ("LRK"), an architecture firm, brought this action for copyright infringement against a former client, Steve Bryan, and his affiliated building companies (collectively, "the Bryan defendants"). Lafayette Insurance Company ("Lafayette") and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company ("State Farm"), insurers of Bryan's Cypress Lake Development, sought declaratory judgments that, by virtue of exclusions set forth...

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