Legal Opinion
Washington Fidelity National Insurance v. Burton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 7, 1932No. 22Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
287 U.S. 97 (1932)
WASHINGTON FIDELITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.
v.
BURTON.
No. 22.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued October 20, 1932.
Decided November 7, 1932.
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mr. Gilbert L. Hall, with whom Messrs. Walter C. Clephane and J. Wilmer Latimer were on the brief, for petitioner.
Mr. W. Gwynn Gardiner, with whom Mr. George A. Maddox was on the brief, for respondent.
Messrs. Benjamin S. Minor, H. Prescott Gatley, and Arthur P. Drury, by leave of Court, filed a brief as amici curiae.
2Opinion of the Court · ButlerJustice Butler
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3Cases cited16 opinions
- Trustees of the First Baptist Ch. v. . Brooklyn Fire Ins.New York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Imperial F. Ins. v. DunhamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Layne & Bowler Corp. v. Western Well Works, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Rauen v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Relief Fire Ins. Co. of NY v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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