Cunningham Brothers, Inc. v. Harry Bail

How courts have described this case

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

• “[C]ompel[ling] potential personal injury plaintiffs to litigate their claims at a time and in a forum chosen by the alleged tort-feasor would be a perversion of the Declaratory Judgment Act.”
• sustaining suit would force injured party to litigate claim he may not have wanted to litigate at time which might be inconvenient to him or which might precede his determination of the full extent of damages, and in forum chosen by alleged tort-feasor
• suit to determine insurer's obligations to indemnify was premature until insured was determined liable to third party
• “[T]o compel potential … plaintiffs to litigate their claims at a time and in a forum chosen by the alleged tort-feasor would be a perversion of the Declaratory Judgment Act[.]”
• “[T]o compel poten- tial personal injury plaintiffs to litigate their claims at a time and in a forum chosen by the alleged tort-feasor would be a perversion of the Declaratory Judgment Act.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

88 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Allstate Insurance Companies v. Charles Herron
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-03-10· cited 445×
• Abor v. Black
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-07-17· cited 346×
• Bankers Trust Company, Cross-Appellee v. Old Republic Insurance Company, Cross-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-04-03· cited 246×
• John Keith Blakely and John Emmett Long v. United States of America
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-01-11· cited 179×
• Nucor Corporation v. Aceros Y Maquilas De Occidente, S.A. De C.V.
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-06-24· cited 168×
• Hanes Corporation, a North Carolina Corporation v. Julien Millard
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-01-30· cited 156×
• Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Rollins
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1994-07-01· cited 92×
• Howlett v. Scott
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-11-30· cited 85×
• Argento v. Village of Melrose Park
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-01-27· cited 79×
• Claude Cartier v. Secretary of State
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-12-31· cited 75×
• Torch, Inc. v. Michael P. Leblanc
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-11-18· cited 70×
• Algrant v. Evergreen Valley Nurseries Limited Partnership
  Third Circuit· 1997-09-16· cited 68×
• Basf Corporation v. Darlene Symington, Next Friend or Guardian Ad Litem for Darci Symington, an Incompetent
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-04-27· cited 67×
• Tamari v. Bache & Co. Lebanon)
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-11-28· cited 51×
• Adkins Energy, LLC v. Delta-T Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-03-31· cited 49×
• Dow Agrosciences LLC v. Bates
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-06-11· cited 46×
• Intercon Solutions, Inc. v. Basel Action Network
  N.D. Illinois· 2013-08-28· cited 45×
• Kerr v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1970-03-11· cited 41×
• Volkswagenwerk, A. G. v. Watson Ex Rel. Watson
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-06-25· cited 38×
• In re Trans Union Corp. Privacy Litigation
  N.D. Illinois· 2002-09-10· cited 35×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-01· cited 3,033×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-03· cited 2,348×
• Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-01· cited 1,812×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Quarles
  Fourth Circuit· 1937-09-29· cited 519×
• E. Edelmann & Co. v. Triple-A Specialty Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1937-02-17· cited 120×
• American Automobile Ins. Co. v. Freundt
  Seventh Circuit· 1939-04-27· cited 116×
• Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1963-01-11· cited 103×
• Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1967-02-10· cited 70×
• C. Y. Thomason Co. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1950-08-03· cited 42×
• Milwaukee Gas Specialty Co. v. Mercoid Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1939-04-28· cited 41×
• Chicago Metallic Mfg. Co. v. Edward Katzinger Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1941-11-12· cited 31×
• Sun Oil Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1952-11-12· cited 29×
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Mossey
  Seventh Circuit· 1952-04-15· cited 20×
• Cunningham Bros. v. Bail
  Seventh Circuit· 1969-03-10· cited 13×
• National Valve & Mfg. Co. v. Grimshaw
  Tenth Circuit· 1950-04-26· cited 10×