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· 4/2/1949

American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa. v. Howard

Citations

  • 173 F.2d 924
  • 1949 U.S. App. LEXIS 2951

How courts have described this case

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  • Although declaratory judgment plaintiff and defendants shared common interests in another related civil proceeding, alignment of the parties on opposite sides for the declaratory judgment action was proper due to dispute over insurance coverage
  • ‘We think [judicial discretion whether to grant declaratory relief] should be liberally exercised to effectuate the purposes of the [Declaratory Judgment Act] and thereby afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations.”

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Judges: Parkier, So-Per, Dobie

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