Legal Opinion

Home Indemnity Co. v. City of Marianna

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 13, 1987No. 86-194PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Steele Hays, Justice.

This appeal by The Home Indemnity Company is from a summary judgment granted to the City of Marianna ordering Home to defend the city under a policy of liability insurance issued by Home.

Marianna, its mayor and aldermen, were defendants in a pending federal suit brought by a group of Marianna black voters alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and asking that the Marianna election system be declared unlawful and any further implementation of the city’s redistricting plan of 1982 be enjoined. The suit asked for court costs, necessary expenses of litigation,…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co.California Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  5. United States Aviex Co. v. Travelers InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. v. Unigard Security InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Silverball Amusement, Inc. v. Utah Home Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1994
  3. Commercial Union Insurance Companies v. Sky, Inc.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1992
  4. Union Ins. Co. v. the Knife Co., Inc.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1995
  5. Insurance Co. of North America v. Forrest City Country ClubCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1991

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