Legal Opinion
Stern v. Massachusetts Indemnity and Life Insurance Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 12, 1973No. Civ. A. 71-2987PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MASTERSON, District Judge. BACKGROUND
This action arises under Title 42 of the United States Code, Sections 1983 and 1985, and federal jurisdiction is asserted under Title 28, Sections 1331, 1332, 1343 and 2201.
Plaintiff is a woman who applied to defendant, Massachusetts Indemnity and Life Insurance Company (hereinafter Insurance Company) for a disability insurance policy in terms available to men of her age, health, income and occupation. She avers that defendant Insurance Company refuses to sell disability insurance to women containing the same terms and conditions available…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Smith v. TroyanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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