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IN RE THORPE INSULATION CO.

No. 10-55744.

671 F.3d 1011 (2012)

In the Matter of THORPE INSULATION CO., Debtor. Continental Insurance Company, as successor in interest to certain policies issued by Harbor Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Thorpe Insulation Company, Appellee, and Official Creditors' Committee of Thorpe Insulation Company and Pacific Insulation Company, Movant, Future Claims Representative, Real-party-in-interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Binion , Rodney Eshelman , and Alan Palmer Jacobus , Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, LLP, San Francisco, CA; David C. Christian II and Jason J. De-Jonker , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Chicago, IL; Todd C. Jacobs , Matthew A. Bills , and John E. Bucheit , Grippo & Elden LLC, Chicago, IL; and James M. Harris , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.

Daniel J. Bussel , David M. Guess , Kenneth N. Klee , and Thomas E. Patterson , Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Richard W. Esterkin , Michel Y. Horton , and Charles J. Malaret , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Scotta E. McFarland and Jeremy V. Richards, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young, & Jones LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas M. Peterson and Jeffrey S. Raskin , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the debtor-appellee.

Peter J. Benvenutti and Michaeline H. Correa , Jones Day , San Francisco, CA; Peter Lockwood and Ronald E. Reinsel , Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, for the movant.

Gary Fergus , Fergus, A Law Office, San Francisco, CA, for the real-party-in-interest.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves Continental Insurance Company's ("Continental") pursuit of a breach of contract claim against Thorpe Insulation Company ("Thorpe") in Thorpe's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. The district court affirmed the bankruptcy court's orders denying Continental's motion to compel arbitration and disallowing its claim. We now affirm.

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