Legal Opinion
Transcontinental Underwriters Agency v. American Agency Underwriters
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 19, 1982No. 81-2183PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
In this action governed by the laws of Pennsylvania, American Agency Under*299writers (AAU), an insurance agent licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, seeks payment of commissions from Amherst Insurance Co. (Amherst), a Pennsylvania insurance company, for placing with Amherst reinsurance business from Transcontinental Underwriters Agency, S. R. L. (Transcontinental), an Argentinian insurer.1 The district court concluded that because AAU lacked actual authority to act on behalf of Amherst in placing Transcontinental’s reinsurance business with it,…
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- Kerrigan's Estate v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Atlantic Corporation v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
- Roberts v. SwiftSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1793
- Miller v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Transcontinental Underwriters Agency v. American Agency UnderwritersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982