Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Ltd., Ex Parte Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1963No. 20225, 20226PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
As a preliminary matter in advance of the trial never yet had, this case is again with us for the third and, we hope, the last time. 1 Now well on its way toward matching other celebrated protracted causes 2 which proves the wisdom of Justice Story’s famed aphorism that “[I]t is for the public interest and policy to make an end to litigation * * *” so that “ * * * suits may not be immortal, while men are mortal,” Ocean Ins. Co. v. Fields, 18 Fed.Cas. p. 532; Bros Inc. v. W. E. Grace Mfg. Co., 5 Cir., 1963, 320 F.2d 594, the case has come to us twice from Texas and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. CushingSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Herbert Milbert v. Bison Laboratories, Inc., and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Rafael Fernandez-Roque v. William French Smith, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Olympic Towing Corporation v. Nebel Towing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Ryan v. Flowserve Corp.District Court, N.D. Texas · 2006
- John R. Nations v. W. W. Morris and American Motorists Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. L.J. Garner and Tommie N. GarnerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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