Legal Opinion
East Hampton Dewitt Corp. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 28, 1973No. Nos. 70-74, Dockets 73-1202, 73-1203, 73-1438, 73-1439, 73-1593PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
We owe these appeals, raising difficult issues of New York tort law for which no precise New York precedents have been cited, to the circumstance that defendant State Farm Insurance Companies (State Farm) is an Illinois corporation having its principal place of business in that state, whereas the plaintiffs East Hampton Dewitt Corporation (East Hampton) and Warner National, Inc. (Warner) are New York corporations with their principal offices in Syracuse. The trial alone consumed 16 days of the time of this undermanned district court, heavily pressed with state prisoner…
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- Wright v. Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Austin Joseph Ryan v. United States Lines CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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