IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _______________

m 99-30726 _______________

MICHAEL J. BATTLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS

RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. _________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (98-CV-658-A-M2) _________________________ April 4, 2000

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and conducting business there, and application of EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. Mississippi law is necessary to protect that state’s policy interest in regulating its PER CURIAM:* insurance industry.

The only issue on appeal is whether the The judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially district court erred as a matter of law in for the reasons given by the district court. 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

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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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