Legal Opinion

The Bull's Corner Restaurant, Inc. v. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided May 6, 1985No. 84-3672PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant brought this action to recover under a flood insurance policy issued pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act. Appellant alleged that its business premises had sustained damage from flooding on February 5, 1983, and on April 7, 1983. The parties settled the February 5 claim and agreed to submit all evidence on the April 7 claim to the district court in documentary form.

The district court held that appellant was not entitled to insurance recovery for damage which occurred on April 7. The court noted that heavy rains did in fact fall in the New…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Allied Chemical Corporation v. Jack MacKay D/B/A MacKay Farms Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. West v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. George B. Dickinson v. Auto Center Manufacturing Company and John W. McLeodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. Onaway Transportation Company v. Offshore Tugs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Sherman Simon, Jr., Individually and as Next Friend of His Minor Children, Peter Darnell Simon and Keenan Simon, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  2. Virginia Woodfield, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Plaintiff-Third Party v. Charlie Bowman, Planet Insurance Co., Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  3. Joan Hassan, Dinesh Hassan v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  4. Dwight L. Ingraham v. United States of America, Jocelyn Bonds, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  5. Rogers v. McDormanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008

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