Legal Opinion
Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. of America v. Low
District Court, E.D. California
Decided October 2, 2001No. CIV.S-00-0506 WBS JFM, CIV.S-00-0613 WBS JFM, CIV.S-00-0779 WBS JFM, CIV.S-00-0875 WBS JFMPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SHUBB, Chief Judge.
In October 1999, California enacted the Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act (“HVIRA”). See Cal. Ins.Code §§ 13800-13807 and accompanying regulations, Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 2278-2278.5. HVI-RA relates to claims asserted by Holocaust victims or their heirs or beneficiaries for coverage under insurance policies issued in Europe between 1920 and 1945. The stated purpose of HVIRA is to ensure that insurance companies doing business in the State of California disclose to the state “any involvement they or their related companies may have had with…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by9 opinions
- American Ins. Assn. v. GaramendiSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Jones v. City of ModestoDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2005
- Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. of America v. LowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- American Ins. Assn. v. GaramendiSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. OF AMERICA GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. — U.S. BRANCH GERLING GLOBAL LIFE REINSURANCE COMPANY GERLING GLOBAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY GERLING AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY AND CONSTITUTION INSURANCE CORP., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS-PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. HARRY W. LOW, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE-CROSS-APPELLANT-PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. HARRY W. LOW, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. WINTERTHUR INTERNATIONAL AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, WINTERTHUR INTERNATIONAL AMERICA UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, REGENT INSURANCE COMPANY REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, UNIGARD INDEMNITY COMPANY UNIGARD INSURANCE COMPANY AND BLUE RIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS-PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. HARRY W. LOW, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS-PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. HARRY W. LOW, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEECourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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