Legal Opinion
Louisiana Generating L.L.C. v. Illinois Union Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 2013No. 12-30651, 12-30877, 12-30879PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
This case concerns whether Illinois Union Insurance Company (“ILU”) has a duty to defend Louisiana Generating LLC (“LaGen”) in an underlying suit filed against it by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) for alleged Clean Air Act (“CAA”) and state environmental law violations. The district court held that under the insurance policy at issue, there is a duty to defend. We affirm.
I.Factual and Procedural Background
The underlying suit in this duty to defend case between LaGen and ILU revolves…
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