Ali v. Federal Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a substantially similar provision in an excess insurance policy “established] a clear condition precedent” to coverage that had not been met
• approving stipulated judgment appeal when the district court held in a partial summary judgment order that appellant’s proffered reading of a contract was foreclosed by the “express language” of the contract (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “Because there is no conflict between the relevant substantive law in these states, however, we dispense with any choice of law analysis.”
• “Because there is no conflict between the relevant substantive law in these states, however, we dispense with any choice of law analysis.”
• “[P]arties cannot appeal a joint stipulation to voluntary dismissal, entered unconditionally by the court pursuant to a settlement agreement” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “It is a well-established rule of construction that words can take on different meanings in different contexts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).