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AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. NATCHEZ STEAM LAUNDRY

No. 96-60731.

131 F.3d 551 (1998)

AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. NATCHEZ STEAM LAUNDRY, a Division of Vicksburg Laundry, and James Simmons, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Matthew Vines, Charles G. Copeland, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Joseph L. McCoy, John Donelson Brady, McCoy, Wilkins, Stephens & Tipton, Jackson, MS, for American States Ins. Co.

Philip Carey Hearn, Jackson, MS, for Natchez Steam Laundry.

John Ernest Mulhearn, Jr., Mulhearn & Mulhearn, Natchez, MS, for Natchez Steam Laundry and Simmons.

Samuel Lee Begley, Maxey, Wann & Begley, Jackson, MS, for Simmons.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The district court granted summary judgment for American States Insurance Company ("American States"), holding that it had no duty to defend its insureds, Natchez Steam Laundry ("Natchez") and the laundry's owner, James Simmons, from an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") lawsuit alleging intentional sexual harassment. The court also granted American States summary judgment on the insureds' counterclaim, dismissing their...

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