United States Fourth Circuit
BATTLE v. SEIBELS BRUCE INS. CO., 01-1214, 01-1256
The district court possessed federal question subject matter jurisdiction over claims involving a flood insurance policy issued under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 42 U.S.C. sections 4001-4129, which alleged breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and the temporary conversion of money; thus, remand to state court vacated.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/05/2001
- Decided 04/29/2002
- Published 04/29/2002
Judges
- Before WIDENER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: Carmen J. Battle, Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Gerald Joseph Nielsen, Nielsen Law Firm, Metairie, Louisiana, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Walter T. Johnson, Jr., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Eric Stevens, Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.