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· 7/8/2003

The CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY v. CONVERIUM RÜCKVERSICHERUNG (DEUTSCHLAND) AG, F/K/A ZURICH RÜCKVERSICHERUNG (KÖLN) AG

Citations

  • 335 F.3d 52
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 13606
  • 2003 WL 21524845

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 \general purpose\ of ATSSSA was \to protect the airline industry and other potentially liable entities from financially fatal liabilities\
  • finding that a 8 “general purpose” of ATSSSA was “to protect the airline industry and other 9 potentially liable entities from financially fatal liabilities”
  • noting Fund compensation “in exchange for a waiver of their rights to file a civil action”
  • noting Fund compensation \in exchange for a waiver of their rights to file a civil action\
  • “Usually, . . . general language in an enumeration of specific 23 illustrations is construed in a fashion that limits the general language to the same class of matters as the things illustrated.”

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Judges: Winter, Sotomayor, Koeltl

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