O'Neil v. Welch
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the 'District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. Suit by Homer G. Welch and another against the Union Casualty Insurance Company, in which Samuel W. Cooper was appointed receiver. Petition of J. Denny O’Neil, Insurance Commissioner, and Francis Shunk Brown, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was dismissed (238 Fed. 968), and petitioners appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from, a decree of-the District Court dismissing a petition of the Insurance Commissioner and Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, asking the court to revoke its appointment of a receiver. The question is one of jurisdiction growing out of a conflict between State and Federal courts. As the facts are fully stated in the opinion of the District Court ([D. C.] 238 Fed. 968), only a brief outline is necessary to the present discussion.
The Union Casualty Insurance Company was a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Under…
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