Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Reliance Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1976PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBertram Harnett, J.
I. CHILDREN AS NONPEOPLE
To what extent are children nonpeople in the view of the law?
In our decades, the awakening to. social disadvantage of women, Blacks, Native American Indians, people of varying sexual orientation, and others, has worked dramatic alteration *735in statutory rights and legal process. Now concerned adults rally to the cause of another major grouping of human beings they deem legally unfavored — children.
The unfair treatment of children in abusive situations, in custodial disputes, in property rights and litigation, and, in generally receiving their share of social…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Holodook v. SpencerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Gelbman v. GelbmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Cannon v. CannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Lalomia v. Bankers & Shippers InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
- Golembe v. BlumbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Safeco Insurance v. GilstrapCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
- Splawnik v. Di CaprioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Williamson v. Continental Cas. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
- Cooperative Fire Insurance v. GraySupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
- Jamar v. Patterson, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1995
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