Legal Opinion
Paris v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 10, 1948No. 215, Docket 20922PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are individual insurance agents, employed by the defendant Metropolitan, a New York corporation. These agents are suing in their own behalf and for other agents similarly situated to obtain a declaratory judgment awarding to them a fund of $792,318.12 deposited by Metropolitan in Manufacturers Trust Company to the credit of the defendants North, Nicholas and Berney as escrowees. The plaintiffs were chosen by two agents’ unions to represent a large number of individual claimants. They seek to obtain an award of the fund under a so-called directive…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- American Federation of Labor v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Chicago v. Fieldcrest Dairies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
3Cited by10 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DurkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Linehan v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
- United States v. WeisenbloomCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Paris v. Metropolitan Life Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DurkinNew York Supreme Court · 1949
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