Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. v. Schantz

How courts have described this case

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

• finding in a declaratory judgment action in a Texas diversity case that indemnity issue was an actual controversy concerning rights, whether contingent or liquidated, valued in excess of jurisdictional requisite
• “The purpose of the Declaratory Judgment Act is to settle ‘actual controversies’ before they ripen into violations of law or a breach of some contractual duty.” (emphasis added)

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Cited by

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

• Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Traillour Oil Company v. Earl Harvey Archer, Iii, Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-04-08· cited 123×
• United Transportation Union v. Foster
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-17· cited 122×
• Hatridge v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1969-09-02· cited 57×
• In Re Asbestos Litigation
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-07-26· cited 50×
• Raymond C. Byers v. Guinevere E. Byers
  Fifth Circuit· 1958-04-07· cited 44×
• Braidwood Management v. EEOC
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-06-20· cited 36×
• Scott-Burr Stores Corp. v. Wilcox
  Fifth Circuit· 1952-03-18· cited 30×
• Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. v. Schantz
  Fifth Circuit· 1951-01-29· cited 20×
• Standard Fire Insurance v. Sassin
  N.D. Texas· 1995-08-02· cited 13×
• Downingtown Industrial & Agricultural School v. Pa. Dept. of Education (In Re Downingtown Industrial & Agricultural School)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-10-10· cited 12×
• National American Insurance v. Breaux
  E.D. Texas· 2005-01-06· cited 11×
• Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London v. a & D Interests, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2002-04-12· cited 10×
• Sydow v. Acheson & Co.
  S.D. Texas· 2000-01-26· cited 8×
• Seitz v. 6130 West, LLC (In re Joey's Steakhouse, LLC)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-06-14· cited 7×
• Coregis Insurance v. McCollum
  M.D. Florida· 1997-02-20· cited 6×
• 400 Walnut Associates, L.P. v. 4th Walnut Associates, L.P. (In Re 400 Walnut Associates, L.P.)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-03-31· cited 6×
• Fisher v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1964-02-27· cited 6×
• Jefferson v. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance
  S.D. California· 1958-11-05· cited 5×
• Bacardi USA, Inc. v. Young's Market Co.
  S.D. Florida· 2016-05-31· cited 5×
• Flanagan v. Ahearn (In re Astestos Litigation)
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-07-26· cited 4×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Franklin Life Ins. Co. v. Johnson
  Tenth Circuit· 1946-09-20· cited 65×
• American MacHine & Metals, Inc. v. De Bothezat Impeller Co.
  Second Circuit· 1948-03-10· cited 36×
• Pennsylvania Casualty Co. v. Upchurch
  Fifth Circuit· 1943-11-12· cited 15×

Other cases named Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. v. Schantz

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. v. Schantz
  Fifth Circuit· 1951-01-29· cited 20×