Legal Opinion
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Sandra Porter-Englehart, Sandra Porter-Englehart
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 1989No. 88-1683PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Like William Shakespeare’s account of King Ferdinand of Navarre and his much-befuddled lords, this too is a case of “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” But unlike the Princess of France, we do not enjoy the luxury of consigning suitors to some forlorn and naked hermitage whilst we postpone our answer for a twelvemonth and a day. The tale which confronts us, and our resolution of it, follows. The parties, agreeing on little else, acknowledge that the substantive law of Massachusetts controls.
I. WHERE THERE’S A WILL
The underlying controversy pits first wife against second in a…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Linthicum v. ArchambaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- DiMarzo v. American Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Joseph A. Puleio v. George A. Vose, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Van Dyke v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co., Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Joan C. Burnham, Etc. v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Boateng v. InterAmerican University, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Waddie Jusino v. Carmen Sonia Zayas, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Hopkins v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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