Legal Opinion
Emmett J. Stebbins v. Keystone Insurance Company Emmett J. Stebbins v. Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 5, 1973No. 24658, 71-1043; 24658PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
These are consolidated appeals1 in two separate actions brought by Emmett J. Stebbins, in which he alleged inter alia that the defendant insurance companies had refused to employ him on account of his race. Both claims were dismissed by the District Court, which relied on the res judicata effect of an earlier judgment that Stebbins was “so lacking in elementary financial prudence, candor, stability, meaningful interest in the business world, and definite career direction that no prudent insurance company could reasonably offer to employ him in a position of fiscal…
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- Bernhard v. Bank of America National Trust & Saving AssociationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
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