Legal Opinion
Elmer M. Kunkel, William H. Dennler, John D. Lockton, Ted B. Westfall and William D. Robertson v. Continental Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1989No. 86-1662PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether the district court properly exercised jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, in an accountant’s suit seeking a declaration as to the amount of coverage provided by his malpractice insurance policy, where the existence of coverage remains dependent upon (1) the outcome of a collateral action charging the accountant with securities law violations and (2) a determination that any liability he incurs is not excepted from the terms of the policy. We affirm.
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In February 1964, defendant-appellant,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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