Legal Opinion
Great American Insurance v. Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1965No. 18048PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Circuit Judge.
Great American Insurance Company, plaintiff below, has appealed from the order of the United States District Court (Honorable John W. Oliver) sustaining motions of all of the defendants to dismiss the complaint and cause of action, and the separate motion of defendants Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc., D & L Construction Company, and Continental Casualty Company to dissolve and quash the order and writs of attachment.1
The basic questions at issue are (1) whether the court possessed jurisdiction of the sub ject matter; (2) whether venue was properly laid; and (3) whether…
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- Great American Insurance Company v. Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965