                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                        No. 99-60860
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                          KIRKLAND DEVELOPMENT, INC.

                                                                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                                              versus

                  ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; ET AL

                                                                                      Defendants,

                       ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

                                                  Defendant - Appellee.
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               Appeal from the United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Mississippi
                            (3:98-CV-607-BN)
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                                       December 8, 2000

Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

       AFFIRMED. See 5th Circuit Rule 47.6.




       *
           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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
