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Travelers v. Pacific Gas

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 8, 2008
525 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No. 04-15605.

May 8, 2008.

Monty Agarwal, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Bingham McCutchen LLP, Hartford, CT, Rheba Rutkowski, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Boston, MA, for Appellant.

Gary M. Kaplan, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk Rabkin, a Professional Corporation, San Francisco, CA, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Heller Ehrman LLP, New York, NY, for Appellee.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court. D.C. No. CV-03-03499-PJH.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, Judge.

The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.


ORDER

This case is hereby resubmitted.

Pursuant to the judgment of the United States Supreme Court issued on March 20, 2007 in Travelers Casualty Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas Electric Co., ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 1199, 167 L.Ed.2d 178 (2007), we vacate our disposition at 167 Fed.Appx. 593 (9th Cir. 2006), vacate the district court's decision as well as the bankruptcy court's decision, and remand to the district court with instructions to remand to the bankruptcy court for further proceedings consistent with the opinion of the Supreme Court.

We do not reach any issue presented by the parties, leaving those questions for the consideration of the bankruptcy court in the first instance.


Summaries of

Travelers v. Pacific Gas

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 8, 2008
525 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

Travelers v. Pacific Gas

Case Details

Full title:TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 8, 2008

Citations

525 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2008)

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