Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Standard Life Insurance
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided May 15, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 4694PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Since our original opinion, 139 F. Supp. 490, was filed, defendant has applied for a réhearing. We have considered carefully the argument of its counsel, its briefs, and the authorities cited in support of its application. From this study we have found no valid reason to change our original opinion:
Mullaney v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, 5 Cir., 125 F.2d 900, 901, cited and relied on by defendant, in our judgment is not apposite here. In that case the insured was the aggressor in an affray in which he was shot to death. As found by the Court, “ * * * the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Carolina Life Ins. Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Mullaney v. Prudential Ins. Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Donnell v. Prudential Life Ins. Co. of AmericaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Hughes v. Standard Life InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1956
3Cited by2 opinions
- Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana v. Ada Bell Brown HughesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. v. Steamship WesthamptonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1967