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· 3/2/1925

United States v. Dunten

Citations

  • 4 F.2d 616
  • 1925 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 974

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that \an insurer must defend an action even if only a small portion of the conduct alleged in the complaint falls within the scope of the insurance policy.\
  • rejecting argument that price-fixing claim in complaint which also contained covered advertising injury claim necessarily alleged antitrust criminal activity
  • reiterating “the principle that if any of the conduct alleged in the complaint falls within the scope of the insurance policy, the insurer must defend”
  • conduct, and not legal label attached to conduct, is what is important in evaluating policy coverage
  • a meaning ascribed to policy term will not be a reasonable interpretation where that meaning is divorced from the term’s contextual usage and the common understandings in the industry
  • an insurance policy covering \unfair competition\ requires the insurer to defend a claim of false advertising and related fraud, but not an antitrust claim

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Judges: Wolverton

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