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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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m 99-30726
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MICHAEL J. BATTLEY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana
(98-CV-658-A-M2)
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April 4, 2000
Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The only issue on appeal is whether the
district court erred as a matter of law in
holding that Mississippi law, not Louisiana
law, is applicable to the the interpretation of
the subject motor vehicle liability insurance
policy. In its Ruling on Motions for Summary
Judgment, entered on June 9, 1999, the district
court carefully explained that, in accordance
with Louisiana’s choice-of-law provisions,
Mississippi is the state whose policies would
be most seriously impaired if its laws were not
applied here. As the court noted, the policy
was issued in Mississippi to a company
conducting business there, and application of
Mississippi law is necessary to protect that
state’s policy interest in regulating its
insurance industry.
The judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially
for the reasons given by the district court.
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has
determined that this opinion should not be published
and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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