Legal Opinion

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,164 Index Fund, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 14, 1978No. 771, Docket 77-7600PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal in an action on a fidelity bond from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles H. Tenney, Judge, entered for the defendant bonding company notwithstanding the verdict and ordering a remittitur or a new trial in the event this judgment is vacated or reversed. We reverse the judgment n. o. v. and affirm the order granting a new trial nisi.

Index Fund, Inc. (“Index Fund”) is a Massachusetts corporation organized pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 80a-l et seq.…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Intercontinental Planning, Ltd. v. Daystrom Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1969
  5. Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Uniroyal, Inc. v. Home InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1988
  2. AMF INC. v. Brunswick Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1985
  3. Hilda Hegger, of the Estate of Fred P. Hegger, Plaintiff-Appellee v. George E. Green, and St. Luke's Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  4. S. Prestley Blake and Setsu Blake v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
  5. Board of Education, Yonkers City School District v. Cna Insurance Company and Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988

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