Legal Opinion

Ritchie Grocer Company v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 12, 1970No. 19866_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirm the judgment entered below in this suit on a contract for employee fidelity insurance for the cogent reasons expressed by the Honorable Oren Harris in his unpublished memorandum opinion, attached hereto as an appendix.

Two additional arguments, not pressed before Judge Harris, are made in this court by appellants. Neither is persuasive. First, the exclusion clause embodied in Section 7 of the insurance contract in question is neither unenforceable as against public policy nor ambiguous. See St. Joe Paper Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 376 F.2d 33, 35 (5th Cir.), cert.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Cartridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
  2. J. S. Fraering, Inc. v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. Of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  3. St. Joe Paper Company v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. Bank of Hoxie v. MeriwetherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  5. Verneco, Inc. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Apex Oil Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  2. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Central Bank of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Home Savings & Loan v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Utah · 1991
  4. E. Udolf, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
  5. Inryco, Inc. v. Cgr Building Systems, Inc. R.C. Reiman Thomas Reiman and Walter ReimanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986

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