5th Circuit: Court Had No Jurisdiction To Administratively Close Hurricane Ida Suit

( July 22, 2026, 8:57 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a lower federal court lacked jurisdiction to issue an order applying Crescent City Surgical Operating Co. v. Interstate Fire & Cas. Co. and administratively closing an insured’s breach of contract lawsuit during the pendency of domestic and foreign insurers’ appeal of its order setting a deadline for the parties to complete arbitration of a Hurricane Ida coverage dispute....