Stephens v. National Distillers and Chemical Corp., 1703

• Decision Date: 17 November 1995
• Docket Number: D,No. 1703,1703
• Citation: 70 F.3d 10
• Parties: Don W. STEPHENS, Commissioner of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in his capacity as Liquidator of Delta America Re Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, now known as Quantum Chemical Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Robert Edward Norton, an individual, John Francis Salisbury, Hugh C. Brewer, III, an individual, Richard F. Maynes, an individual, Terrence J. Reilly, an individual, Ramsey E. Joslin, an individual, Roger W. Hill, Jr., an individual, John C. Aldin, an individual, F. Donald Brigham, an individual, Thomas W. Bullitt, an individual, Leonard Briggs Marshall, an individual, Arion Insurance Company, Ltd., a Foreign Corp., Atlantica CIA National De Seguros, a Foreign Corporation, Banco De Seguros Del Estado, a Foreign Corporation, Brasil Compania De Seguros, a Foreign Corporation, Caisse Mutuelle D'Assurances Et De Prevoyance, a Foreign Corporation, Ca De Seguros Orinoco, a Foreign Corporation, CaJa National De Ahorro Y Seguro, a Foreign Corporation, Canadian Union Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Central Reinsurance Corporation, a Foreign Corporation, China Insurance Company, Ltd., also known as Chung Kuo Insurance, a Foreign Corporation, Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Chung Kuo Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, CIA Internacional De Seguros, a Foreign Corporation, Compagnia De Assicurazioni Di Milano, a Foreign Corporation, C.A. Reaseguradora Internacional Del Orinoco, a Foreign Corporation, Compania Bandeirante De Seguros Gerais, a Foreign Corporation, Folksamerica Reinsurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Grupo De Empresas Seguradoras Brasileiras, a Foreign Corporation, Hassneh Insurance Co. of Israel, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Insurance Company of the USSR, Ltd. (Ingosstrakh, SSR, Upravienie), a Foreign Corporation, Instituto De Resseguros Do Brazil, a Forei
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit

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70 F.3d 10

Don W. STEPHENS, Commissioner of Insurance of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, in his capacity as

Liquidator of Delta America Re Insurance

Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a Foreign

Corporation, now known as Quantum Chemical

Corporation, Defendant-Appellant,

Robert Edward Norton, an individual, John Francis Salisbury,

Hugh C. Brewer, III, an individual, Richard F. Maynes, an

individual, Terrence J. Reilly, an individual, Ramsey E.

Joslin, an individual, Roger W. Hill, Jr., an individual,

John C. Aldin, an individual, F. Donald Brigham, an

individual, Thomas W. Bullitt, an individual, Leonard Briggs

Marshall, an individual, Arion Insurance Company, Ltd., a

Foreign Corp., Atlantica CIA National De Seguros, a Foreign

Corporation, Banco De Seguros Del Estado, a Foreign

Corporation, Brasil Compania De Seguros, a Foreign

Corporation, Caisse Mutuelle D'Assurances Et De Prevoyance,

a Foreign Corporation, Ca De Seguros Orinoco, a Foreign

Corporation, CaJa National De Ahorro Y Seguro, a Foreign

Corporation, Canadian Union Insurance Company, a Foreign

Corporation, Central Reinsurance Corporation, a Foreign

Corporation, China Insurance Company, Ltd., also known as

Chung Kuo Insurance, a Foreign Corporation, Chiyoda Fire &

Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Chung Kuo

Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, CIA Internacional

De Seguros, a Foreign Corporation, Compagnia De

Assicurazioni Di Milano, a Foreign Corporation, C.A.

Reaseguradora Internacional Del Orinoco, a Foreign

Corporation, Compania Bandeirante De Seguros Gerais, a

Foreign Corporation, Folksamerica Reinsurance Company, a

Foreign Corporation, Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.,

a Foreign Corporation, Grupo De Empresas Seguradoras

Brasileiras, a Foreign Corporation, Hassneh Insurance Co. of

Israel, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Insurance Company of

the USSR, Ltd. (Ingosstrakh, SSR, Upravienie), a Foreign

Corporation, Instituto De Resseguros Do Brazil, a Foreign

Corporation, Korean Reinsurance Corporation, a Foreign

Corporation, Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Company,

Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, La Providence I.A.R.D. Groupe

Presence, a Foreign Corporation, Mingtai Fire & Marine

Insurance Co., Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Messoghios

Insurance Co. S.A., a Foreign Corporation, Nippon Fire &

Marine Insurance Company, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation,

Overseas Union Insurance Limited, a Foreign Corporation,

Owens Insurance, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Pan Korea

Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Pohjola Insurance

Company, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Provident Assurance

Co., a Foreign Corporation, Ruhag Ruekver Herold

Ruckverschening, A.G., a Foreign Corporation, Seguros La

Provincial, S.A., a Foreign Corporation, Simcoe & Erie

General Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, SNL

Insurance, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Transport Industries

Insurance Co., Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Toyo Fire &

Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, Defendants.

No. 1703, Docket 93-7182.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued June 14, 1993.

Decided Nov. 17, 1995.

Questions Certified Sept. 17, 1993.

Certified Questions Answered Oct. 19, 1995.

W. Henry Jernigan, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky (Jacqueline S. Duncan, Jackson & Kelly, Lexington, Kentucky, William F. Costigan, Costigan & Berns, New York City, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph P. Dailey, New York City (Richard W. Iler, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Kentucky, Loren F. Selznick, Maria D. Melendez, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: KEARSE and MINER, Circuit Judges. ^*

PER CURIAM:

Defendant National Distillers & Chemical Corporation, now known as Quantum Chemical Corporation ("Quantum"), appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b), John S. Martin, Jr., Judge, ordering Quantum to pay plaintiff Don W. Stephens, as Liquidator...