United States Ninth Circuit
Hawthorne v. Reliance Ins. Co., 03-55548
The McCarran-Ferguson Act does not bar the federal diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1332, from preempting Pennsylvania's rehabilitation and liquidation statutes.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/06/2004
- Decided 08/24/2005
- Published 08/24/2005
Judges
- BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: BROWNING, PREGERSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Pamela H. Woldow, Chief Counsel, Insurance Department, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for the intervenor-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- W. Wendell Hall and Rosemarie Kanusky, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, Claudia Morehead and Robert S. Schulman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, and Oscar Rey Rodriguez, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for the defendant-appellant., Jeffrey A. Tidus and David P. Crochetiere, Baute & Tidus LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.