Legal Opinion

Charter House Insurance Brokers, Ltd. v. New Hampshire Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 10, 1981No. 80-2494PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Charter House Insurance Brokers, Ltd. (“Charter House”) appeals from the dismissal of its suit against New Hampshire Insurance Company (“NHIC”). The district court ordered the dismissal as a sanction for Charter House’s refusal to comply with proper discovery requests. Finding no abuse of discretion by the district judge, we affirm.

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Charter House sued NHIC for damages arising out of a 1978 government undercover operation that went awry. NHIC and its parent company, American International Group, Inc., had lent their cooperation to an FBI investigation of organized crime’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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  2. Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Cine Forty-Second Street Theatre Corp. v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  4. John R. Henry, Jr. v. Amalie Sneiders, and Amalie Sneiders, as Personal Representative of the Estateof Maksis Sneiders, Deceased, Defedant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  5. G-K Properties v. Redevelopment AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Charles E. Hindmon v. National-Ben Franklin Life Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Dusha v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1984
  3. Charter House Insurance Brokers, Ltd., and Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. New Hampshire Insurance Company, and Counter-Plaintiff-Third Party v. United States of America, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  4. Petroleum Insurance Agency v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1985
  5. Hyundai Motor America v. MaganaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2007

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