Legal Opinion

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation v. Hercules Powder Company

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 9, 1955No. 11559PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court decision in a suit for declaratpry judgment. Liberty Mutual has sought a declaration that it was not liable to defend .or to indemnify Hercules Powder Company on a policy issued, by it. The district court agreed with that contention. D.C.D.Del.1954, 126 F.Supp. 943. Hercules brings the case here for review.

The facts are simple and undisputed. Hercules entered into a contract, with the United States under the terms of which Hercules conducted experimental research for the Navy at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory of Hercules at…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Towne v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Loveman, Joseph Loeb v. New Amsterdam CasualtySupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Hultquist v. NovakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. WosepkaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  2. Littlehale v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
  3. Norman Buntin v. Continental Insurance CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  4. Nielson v. Travelers Indemnity CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1959
  5. Consolidation Coal Co., Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1976

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