Legal Opinion
Great American Insurance v. Riso, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 2007No. 06-1857PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This diversity case involves a dispute between Riso, Inc. — a distributor of digital duplicating machines and related parts and supplies — and its insurer GAIC, 1 as to whether GAIC had duties to defend and indemnify Riso in an antitrust suit filed against Riso by several California school districts, Modesto City Schs. v. Riso Kagaku Corp., No. Civ. S-99-2214 (E.D. Cal., filed Nov. 5, 1999). The factual background is easy to recount; the legal issue is more difficult.
The Modesto complaint alleged that Riso had engaged in unlawful restraint of trade to ensure that owners of…
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- Continental Casualty Co. v. Gilbane Building Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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