United States Third Circuit

Dismissal of a suit for a declaratory judgment involving an arbitration award for mootness and denial of a motion to vacate the arbitration award is reversed in a case involving an insurance coverage dispute over asbestos claims where an arbitration proceeding at issue had become subject to an automatic bankruptcy stay.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/11/2005
• Decided 01/19/2006
• Published 01/19/2006

Judges

• Before ALITO and BECKER, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Heintz (argued), David B. Killalea, Donna L. Wilson, Marla H. Kanemitsu, Glenn Schlactus, Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP, Washington, DC, Laura Davis Jones, Curtis A. Hehn, David W. Carickhoff, Jr., Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young, Jones & Weintraub PC, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry R. Ostrager (argued), Mary Beth Forshaw, Bryce L. Friedman, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Samuel J. Arena, Jr., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.