Legal Opinion
Bess C. Boyd, Plaintiff-Garnisher v. Charles M. Bowman and Amelia Bowman v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Garnishee-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1971No. 30365PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Once again we are confronted with a perplexing question of State law that resists satisfactory resolution by this Court alone. At issue is the construction under Florida law of a Family Automobile Liability Insurance policy and the scope of its coverage. Existing State decisions cast little Erie light. Believing that here we are blessed with no greater prescience after absorbing Erie-FIorida law than before, and following our oft-established practice 1 of declining to accept our own judicial hypotheses when State decisional certainty is within legitimate reach, we…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Perez v. LedesmaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Brian Atwood Wansor v. George Hantscho Co., Inc. v. W. R. Bean & Son, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Margie C. Barnes v. Atlantic & Pacific Life Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- National Education Association, Inc. v. Lee County Board of Public InstructionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Boyd v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1971
- In Re Richard Lee McClintock Bankrupt. Edward W. Szczepanski, Jr., Trustee-Appellant v. General Motors Acceptance Corporation, in Re Paul Jean Portman, Jr., Bankrupt. Edward W. Szczepanski, Jr. v. Ford Motor Credit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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