Clayton Brokerage Co. of St. Louis v. Jordan

Clayton Brokerage Co. of St. Louis, Inc. v. Jordan

Clayton Brokerage Co. of St. Louis v. Jordan, 499 U.S. 914 (1991)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: March 18, 1991
Docket: No. 88-1483
Citations: 499 U.S. 914111 S. Ct. 1298113 L. Ed. 2d 23359 U.S.L.W. 36351991 U.S. LEXIS 1665

Cited by 13 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Haslip, ante, p. 1.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 2 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(“Mississippi imposes a clear duty upon an insurance company to promptly and adequately investigate an insured’s claim before denying it.”)

Mitchell v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 799 F. Supp. 2d 680 (N.D. Miss. 2011)
(“the issue is not the defense which [the insurer] finally settled upon to defend the suit, but the reason it gave [the insured] for denying the claim”)

Hayes v. Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 3:17-cv-00750 (S.D. Miss. July 10, 2019)

Cited by 13 cases

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Robertson Oil Company, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Company930 F.2d 1342 (8th Cir. 1991)
Alexander & Alexander, Inc. v. B. Dixon Evander & Associates, Inc.596 A.2d 687 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1991)
Patricia Stephenson Eichenseer v. Reserve Life Insurance Company934 F.2d 1377 (5th Cir. 1991)
Sobley v. Southern Natural Gas Co.302 F.3d 325 (5th Cir. 2002)
United States v. Bertoli854 F. Supp. 975 (D.N.J. 1994)
Sobley v. Southern Natural Gas Co.210 F.3d 561 (5th Cir. 2000)

Most recent

Hayes v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance CompanyNo. 3:17-cv-00750 (S.D. Miss. July 10, 2019)
Mitchell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.799 F. Supp. 2d 680 (N.D. Miss. 2011)
Tipton v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance381 F. Supp. 2d 572 (S.D. Miss. 2004)
Owen v. Universal Underwriters Insurance252 F. Supp. 2d 324 (S.D. Miss. 2003)
Sobley v. Southern Natural Gas Co.302 F.3d 325 (5th Cir. 2002)
Sobley v. Southern Natural Gas Co.210 F.3d 561 (5th Cir. 2000)

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