Legal Opinion

Truck Insurance Exchange v. Ashland Oil, Incorporated

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 6, 1992No. 90-2469PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an intricate insurance case. Ash-land Oil (and some other companies — but we’ll ignore them to simplify our opinion) brought a fraud suit against Toy Rex Ar-nett, accountant Donald Richards, and others. The suit was under RICO, with pendent law claims under Indiana law. It resulted in a substantial judgment (of which $175,000 was against Richards), which we affirmed in Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Arnett, 875 F.2d 1271 (7th Cir.1989). Meanwhile, Truck Insurance Exchange — which had issued a liability insurance policy to Richards, Isenberg & Co., a corporation of which…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Indianapolis v. Chase Nat. BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. City of Indianapolis v. Chase National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Federal Kemper Insurance Company v. Rauscher, Richard H. And Griffith, Robert and Griffith, Linda. Appeal of Robert and Linda GriffithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Bankers Trust Company, Cross-Appellee v. Old Republic Insurance Company, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  2. Sandra L. PLEMING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL-RUNDLE CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  3. Lloyd E. Williams, Jr. And Mildred A. Williams v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  4. American Automobile Insurance v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  5. Deborah Amling v. Harrow Industries, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019

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