LOUISIANA GENERATING v. ILLINOIS UNION INS. CO.

Nos. 12-30651, 12-30877, 12-30879.

719 F.3d 328 (2013)

LOUISIANA GENERATING L.L.C.; NRG Energy Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Illinois Union Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. NRG Energy Incorporated; Louisiana Generating L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Louisiana Generating, L.L.C.; NRG Energy, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Illinois Union Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. NRG Energy, Incorporated; Louisiana Generating, L.L.C.; Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Louisiana Generating, L.L.C.; NRG Energy, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant. Illinois Union Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant v. NRG Energy, Incorporated; Louisiana Generating, L.L.C.; Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Sarradet Akchin , Attorney, Kean Miller, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, John Edward Heintz , Maria H. Kanemitsu , Dickstein Shapiro, L.L.P., Washington, DC, George William Jarman , Zachary, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Jennifer Elmer Michel, Esq. , Tabitha Robertson Durbin , Danielle Marie Smith , Attorney, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, Jonathan D. Hacker , O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:

This case concerns whether Illinois Union Insurance Company ("ILU") has a duty to defend Louisiana Generating LLC ("LaGen") in an underlying suit filed against it by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality ("LDEQ") for alleged Clean Air Act ("CAA") and state environmental law violations. The district court held that under the insurance policy at issue, there is a duty to...

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