Legal Opinion

The Mennen Company v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Centennial Insurance Company, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company Federal Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 26, 1998No. 97-5266PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

POLLAK, District Judge.

Mennen, Inc. appeals the district court’s dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of its complaint against Federal Insurance Company. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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This litigation commenced in 1993 when Mennen, a New Jersey corporation, brought suit in the District Coux’t for the District of New Jex*sey against sevei'al of its insui’ers— all of them incorporated and having their principal places of business outside of New Jersey — seeking indemnity under state law for environmental clean-up liabilities. Mennen’s complaint…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De GuineeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. KrogerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
  4. Carden v. Arkoma AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. American Fire & Casualty Co. v. FinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1951

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3Cited by59 opinions

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