Lewis' Admr. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the appropriateness of an interpleader action rests on whether the plaintiff has a real and reasonable fear of double liability or vexatious, conflicting claims against -the single fund”
• noting that at the summary judgment stage, a nonmovant “cannot rely on the mere allegations or denials contained in the pleadings . . . .” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that “conduct indicating the parties’ consent to a given state’s substantive law can consist of the cases cited and relied upon by the parties in their briefs” (collecting cases)
• noting that “conduct indicating the parties’ consent to a given state’s substantive law can consist of the cases cited and relied upon by the parties in their briefs” (collecting cases)
• instructing the plaintiff to consider seeking a default judgment against a defendant who had been served but failed to appear
• instructing the plaintiff to consider seeking a default judgment against a defendant who had been served but failed to appear

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).