631 F. App'x 258

McGinnes industrial maintenance CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY; The Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 13-20360.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Feb. 2, 2016.

David Michael Gunn, Chad Flores, Esq., William R. Peterson, Russell S. Post, Beck Redden, L.L.P., Donald Hamilton Kidd, Perdue & Kidd, Houston, TX, Jodi Deann Spencer Johnson, Thacker Martinsek, L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Wiley George, Esq., Kendall Matthew Gray, Esq., Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BARKSDALE, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: *

In a prior opinion, we certified to the Supreme Court of Texas the sole issue on appeal in this diversity action: whether Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement actions taken pursuant to CERCLA1 constitute a “suit” within the meaning of commercial general liability policies, thereby triggering a duty to defend.2

The Supreme Court of Texas answered the certified question, concluding that the term “suit” in the policies “must also include CERCLA enforcement proceedings by the EPA”; the court subsequently de*259nied rehearing.3 Because the district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the ground that they had no duty to defend,4 we REVERSE the district court’s grant of summary judgment and REMAND for further proceedings.

McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corp. v. Phoenix Insurance
631 F. App'x 258

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McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corp. v. Phoenix Insurance
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