Federal Insurance v. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Non-party appellants Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation and Stone & Webster, Inc., appeal the district court’s decision to permit discovery from them in a dispute between plaintiff-appellee Federal Insurance Company and defendant-appellee Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company. The underlying case between Federal Insurance and Maine Yankee settled before trial. Because there is no live controversy as to the propriety of the discovery that appellants challenge, we dismiss appellants’ appeal as moot.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This appeal…