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· 12/1/1975

Zbichorski v. Gagnon

Citations

  • 423 U.S. 994
  • 96 S. Ct. 437

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that district court could decide declaratory judgment action involving insurance coverage even though underlying litigation and declaratory judgment action arose from the same fact pattern where the legal and factual issues in the two cases were different
  • holding that district court could decide declaratory judgment action involving insurance coverage even though underlying litigation and declaratory judgment action arose from the same fact pattern where the legal and factual issues in the two cases were different
  • stating that court must “entertain a declaratory judgment action: (1) when the judgment will serve a useful purpose in clarifying and settling the legal relations in issue, or (2
  • “A declaratory judgment as to coverage will terminate and afford relief from the uncertainty that the insurers face as to coverage.” (citation omitted)
  • The entry of a declaratory judgment is reviewed de novo on appeal

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