Legal Opinion

Wright v. Allstate Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 11, 2007No. 06-20069PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Thomas Wright appeals the district court’s refusal to grant him leave to amend his complaint to include extra-contractual claims against Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), the Write Your Own (“WYO”) insurance company that issued his federal flood insurance policy. We affirm.

I. FACTS & PROCEEDINGS

As the facts of this case are fully set forth in Wright v. Allstate 1 (“Wright I”), we summarize them only briefly here. Wright purchased a Standard Flood Insurance Policy (“SFIP”) from Allstate to cover his Houston home. Under the terms of the National…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Touche Ross & Co. v. RedingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. California v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  4. Howell-Douglas v. Fidelity National Indemnity InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2014
  5. Pedroli Ex Rel. Microtune, Inc. v. BartekDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 2008

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