Legal Opinion
Budget Rent-A-Car v. Robert Crawford, and Evangeline Perry
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1997No. 94-17085PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Budget Renb-A-Car Systems, Inc. (“Budget”) filed this diversity action in the district court for a declaration regarding inter alia Evangeline Perry’s duty to indemnify Budget for any amount that Budget may be required to pay to Ray Ines and Jeffrey Hobar to settle their claim for damages for the injuries they suffered in a collision with a vehicle Budget rented to Perry.
*1077The district court issued a decision on the merits of Budget’s claim pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, without maMng any reference to the discretionary nature of its…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Rowan Companies, Inc. v. Huey P. GriffinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- George R. Chamberlain, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Allstate Insurance Company, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Continental Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Robsac Industries, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Budget Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. HigashiguchiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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- ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F.H.; K.W., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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