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Ex Parte Great Am. Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 17, 1989No. 87-1086PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

540 So.2d 1357 (1989)

Ex parte GREAT AMERICAN SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY.

(In re UNIROYAL, INC., et al. v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.)

87-1086.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 17, 1989.

Patricia K. Rea of Clark & Scott, Birmingham, for petitioner.

M. Christian King and William G. Somerville III, of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for respondents.

MADDOX, Justice.

This petition for a writ of mandamus presents the question of whether an "opinion letter" written by an attorney to an insurance company is discoverable by the insured in a declaratory judgment action…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States of America and Revenue Agents Clarence H. Isabel and John S. Reid of the Internal Revenue Service v. The El Paso CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  5. City of Philadelphia v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Ex Parte United Service Stations, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
  2. Wheeler v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 2009
  3. Exxon Corp. v. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RES.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  4. Ex Parte Meadowbrook Ins. Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  5. Ex Parte PepperSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001

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