Legal Opinion
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 2009No. 08-295PublishedCited by 557 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
As an element of the 1986 reorganization plan of the Johns-Manville Corporation (Manville), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York enjoined certain lawsuits against Manville’s insurers, including The Travelers Indemnity Company and its affiliates (Travelers). The question is whether the injunction bars state-law actions against Travelers based on allegations either of its own wrongdoing while acting as Manville’s insurer or of its misuse of information obtained from Manville as its insurer. We hold that the terms of the injunction bar the actions and that the…
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