United States Second Circuit

In contract dispute over flood insurance policy, 42 U.S.C. section 4072 provides jurisdiction. Prejudgment interest may not be awarded against private insurers acting as fiscal agents of the federal government under the National Flood Insurance Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/13/2006
• Published 04/14/2006

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SOTOMAYOR and WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• R. Bertil Peterson, Staff Counsel, Coalition of Landlords, Homeowners & Merchants, Inc., Babylon, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., Gerald F. Kirby, Feldman, Rudy, Kirby & Farquharson, P.C., Westbury, NY, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.