Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Ruhlin
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 18, 1938No. 3039PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.
In an opinion 1 filed April 13, 1935, this court denied similar motions as to the original bill of complaint. This action was reviewed by the Circuit Court of Appeals and affirmed. 3 Cir., 93 F.2d 416. The case then went to the Supreme Court, which held, in an opinion filed May 2, 1938, 304 U.S. 202, 58 S.Ct. 860, 82 L.Ed. 1290, that the case presented was one for the application of the appropriate state law rather than that of “General” or “Federal”, as it was regarded by the District Court and the Circuit Court of Appeals. Whereupon, the judgment was vacated and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Blair v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Steinberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Graham v. White-Phillips Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. KushmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Ruhlin v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the United States v. SaftlasDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
- New York Life Ins. v. MorrisDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1939