Legal Opinion
Hanover Insurance Company, Massachusetts Bonding Department v. The Travelers Indemnity Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1963No. 17116_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
This declaratory judgment action is a controversy between two insurance companies. It concerns the legal significance of omnibus, employee exclusion, and severability of interests clauses in an automobile policy issued by Travelers. The district court granted Travelers’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed Hanover’s. The latter appeals. Judge Harper’s opinion is now reported at 210 F.Supp. 765.
The facts were stipulated. The parties also have conceded that their respective policies “were Missouri contracts and are to be construed according to the prevailing law in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Stoner v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Yoder v. Nu-Enamel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Transport Insurance Co. v. Standard Oil Co. of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Village of Brooten, a Municipal Corporation v. Cudahy Packing Company, a Corporation, and the Travelers Indemnity Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- DeJarnette v. Federal Kemper InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Travelers Insurance Co. v. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Zenti v. Home Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1978
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