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IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

No. 12-30230.

710 F.3d 338 (2013)

In re DEEPWATER HORIZON. Ranger Insurance, Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, L.L.C.; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Triton Asset Leasing GMBH, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP P.L.C.; BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP American Production Company; BP Corporation North America, Incorporated; BP Company North America, Incorporated; BP Products North America, Incorporated; BP America, Incorporated; BP Holdings North America, Limited, Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, Plaintiff-Appellee Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, L.L.C.; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Triton Asset Leasing GMBH, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP P.L.C.; BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP American Production Company; BP Corporation North America, Incorporated; BP Company North America, Incorporated; BP Products North America, Incorporated; BP America, Incorporated; BP Holdings North America, Limited, Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael John Maloney , Maloney, Martin & Associates, David Wallace Holman , Holman Law Firm, P.C., Byron Charles Keeling , Keeling & Downes, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee Ranger Insurance Limited.

Steven Lynn Roberts , Rachel Giesber Clingman , Kent C. Sullivan , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P., John Michael Elsley , Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Daniel O. Goforth , Goforth Geren Easterling, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Brad D. Brian , Daniel Benjamin Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Edward F. Kohnke, IV , Preis & Roy, A.P.L.C., Kerry J. Miller , Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Edwin G. Preis, Jr. , Preis & Roy, A.P.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David B. Goodwin , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Allan Baron Moore , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants.

Richard N. Dicharry , Evans Martin McLeod , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Kyle S. Moran , Attorney, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Gulfport, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London.

Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents only one of the many disputes that have arisen and will arise from the explosion and sinking of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon in April 2010. Today we address the obligations of Transocean's primary and excess-liability insurers to cover BP's pollution-related liabilities deriving from the ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Applying Texas law, especially as...

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