FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 21, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

STATE FARM FIRE AND

CASUALTY COMPANY;

AMERICAN MODERN HOME

INSURANCE COMPANY;

AMERICAN WESTERN HOME

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Petitioners,

v.

JOHNNY LAFALIER; PATTY

LAFALIER; SAMMY BEETS; MISSY

BEETS; RICHARD BARNES;

SHIRLEY BARNES; RONALD

BARR; OPAL BARR; SHERYL

BIBLE; GEORGE BLALOCK;

LOUISE BLALOCK; DAN

BRANDON; SALLY BRANDON;

DEBBIE BRANDON; GARY

BRANDON; JAMES BREWER;

DONNA BREWER; GILBERT

BRIDENDOLPH; ROSEMARY

BRIDENDOLPH; MABEL BRITTLE;

RAY BRUNER; EVELYN BRUNER;

WANDA BUNCE; BOBBE

BURNETT; ERIN BUSBY; ROBERT

CAROLUS; TINA CAROLUS;

WILLIAM CARR; ELIZABETH

CARR; BETTY COLE; LES

COPPEDGE; MELISSA COPPEDGE;

BRENDA COX; KATHY COX;

THOMAS CRAWFORD;

CHARLOTTE CRAWFORD; GENE

CROCKETT; KATHRYN

CROCKETT; JAMES CRUZAN;

AMY CRUZAN; JAMES DARNELL;

No. 10-700

(D.C. No. 4:10-CV-00005-CVE-TLW)

(N.D. Okla.)

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PAULA DARNELL; TAMMY

DESILVA; LARRY DESILVA, JR.;

KEN DOLLISON; NED E.

DOLLISON; MARY DOLLISON;

DEBRA DURHAM; ROGER EDENS;

SHIRLEY EDENS; HENRY ELLICK;

JEAN ANN ELLICK; WILLIAM

EVANS; JOHNNIE DARLENE

EVANS; DEBRA EVERITT; JACK

FITZGERALD; JOHN FRAZIER;

MARY FRAZIER; ERNEST

FREEMAN; KIM FREEMAN; TED

FREEMAN; LINDA FREEMAN;

FREEWILL BAPTIST

CHURCH/ROBERT CODY; JOHNNY

FRISBIE; JOY FRISBIE; DONALD

FROST; ANITA FROST; GARY

GARRETT; LINDA GARRETT;

JANICE GIBBS; LINDA

GILCHRIST; KIM GOSNEY;

EVERETT LEE; MYRNA GREEN;

JACK C. GREEN; THOMAS

GRISHAM; PAULA GRISHAM; PAM

OSWALD; LEROY HAMILTON;

KENNETH HART, JR.; RICHARD

HART; ALICE HART; DAVID

HASSEBERG; NORMA

HASSEBERG; ROBERT E.

HATFIELD; KAREN HATFIELD;

CHARLES HAYES; TAMMY

HAYES; LARRY HEATHERLY;

LINDA HEATHERLY; JEREMY

HINKLE; AMANDA HINKLE; RON

HORN; SANDRA HORN; WILLIAM

HORN; ROSALEE HORN; GABE

HUFFMAN; MELISSA HUFFMAN;

PATSY HUFFMAN; GERALD E.

INMAN, SR.; ELLIS JONES;

RICHARD KARNES; SUSAN

KARNES; JACK R. KELLEY;

LARRY J. KELLEY; WANDA LAKE;

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WALLACE LONG; DORIS LONG;

LLOYD MAHURIN; ALFRED

MAUTE; CAROL MAUTE; ROBERT

MORGAN; PAULINE MORGAN;

RALPH MORRIS, JR.; JOHN MOTT;

GEORGIA NEWCOMB; DONALD

NOWLIN; CINDY NOWLIN;

DEBRAH O’NEAL; BERRY

OSBURN; WANDA OSBURN;

DAVID PAYNE, Police Officer; BILL

PHILLIPS; VICKEY PHILLIPS;

PATTI PHILLIPS; PHILLIP POTTER;

RICHARD POWERS; MARY

POWERS; RICK POWERS; KELLI

POWERS; STEVEN POWERS;

TIEERIA POWERS; ELIZABETH

PURCELL; JOSEPH RAY; BRENDA

RAY; STEVE RAY; DELORES RAY;

ERNIE REDDEN; ALETHA

REDDEN; SHIRLEY A. REED; L.

BERT REEVES; DONNA S.

REEVES; ROGER REEVES;

MARGARET REEVES; DONALD

RENICK; KARIN RENICK; ROGER

RHODES; ROSE ANN JONES

RHODES; JUDSON RICHARDS;

ROBERTA RICHARDS; MICHAEL

ROONEY; YOLANDA ROONEY;

JOHN ROPER; GARY ROSS;

VIOLET ROSS; RICKIE ROSS; EVA

L. ROTZAL; PATSY SARGENT;

ANNA SAYERS; ALICE

SHARBUTT; PAUL SHARBUTT;

SHIRLEY SHARBUTT; JERRY

SHERWOOD; SHERRI SHERWOOD;

RUTH SHOEMAKER; LAVINDA

SIPP; BILL STRICKLAND; ALICE

STRICKLAND; CAROL

STRICKLAND; PHILLIP SUMAN;

PAULA SUMAN; BELINDA

TALLENT; MARVIN WILLIAMS;

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JON TALLENT; MELISSA

TALLENT; CARL TAYLOR;

PAMELA TAYLOR; RUTH

THOMPSON; CLARA TOPPER;

JACK TURNER; TROY TURNER;

CHRISTINA KING; FRANCIS

TYREE; RICHARD URBAN; PATSY

URBAN; JULIE VAN BUREN;

SCOTT VANHOOSE; DEBRA

VANHOOSE; ROXIE VANN;

THEODORE VANN, JR.; LILLIE

VICKERS; CLELL WARE;

LORETTA WARE; LEWIS

WASHBURN; KATHERINE

WASHBURN; DAVID WILLIAMS;

REBECCA WILLIAMS; JIMMY

WILLIS; SHERI WILLIS; DAVID

WILSON; BEVERLY WILSON;

CONNIE WISDON; CLEO WISDOM,

SR.; FRANK D. WOOD; MERLE

LOUISE WOOD; LOLA WOOD;

CINNABAR SERVICE COMPANY,

INC.; VAN TUYL AND

ASSOCIATES; J.D. STRONG;

LARRY ROBERTS; ALLSTATE

INSURANCE COMPANY; AMERICA

FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY;

AMERICAN BANKERS

INSURANCE COMPANY OF

FLORIDA; NATIONAL SECURITY

FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY;

OKLAHOMA FARM BUREAU

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY;

SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE

COMPANY; AMERICAN FARMERS

AND RANCHERS MUTUAL

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Respondents.

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ORDER

Before KELLY, TYMKOVICH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

This matter comes before the court on “Defendant State Farm Fire and

Casualty Company’s Petition for Permission to Appeal Remand Order Under 28

U.S.C. § 1453(c)” and Defendants American Modern Home Insurance Co. and

American Western Home Insurance Company’s Joinder and the opposition filed

thereto. Upon consideration the petition for permission to appeal is GRANTED. 

The motion to file a reply is also granted. Once the new appeal is opened, a

separate order will be entered providing further instructions to the parties.

Judge Holmes dissents from the granting of the petition. 

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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