Hartford Fire Insurance v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.

Decided October 13, 1989. Robert Workman Sweet wrote the opinion for the court.

723 F. Supp. 976 · Cited 73 times

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• Israel v. Wood Dolson Co. · 1 N.Y.2d 116
• White v. Guarente · 43 N.Y.2d 356
• George Backer Management Corp. v. Acme Quilting Co. · 46 N.Y.2d 211
• Rowe v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · 46 N.Y.2d 62
• Kirke La Shelle Co. v. Paul Armstrong Co. · 188 N.E. 163
• Brown v. Lockwood · 76 A.D.2d 721
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. RJR Nabisco, Inc. · 716 F. Supp. 1504
• Berman v. Gerber Products Co. · 454 F. Supp. 1310
• Backus v. MacLaury · 278 A.D. 504
• Orcutt v. Tucson Warehouse & Transfer Company · 318 P.2d 671
• Ford v. Village of Sidney · 139 A.D.2d 848
• Telectronics Proprietary, Ltd. v. Medtronic, Inc. · 687 F. Supp. 832
• Goodall v. Columbia Ventures, Inc. · 374 F. Supp. 1324
• Beacon Syracuse Associates v. City of Syracuse · 560 F. Supp. 188
• Fisher v. Plessey Co. Ltd. · 559 F. Supp. 442
• Starkman v. Warner Communications, Inc. · 671 F. Supp. 297
• Maison Lazard Et Compagnie v. Manfra, Tordella & Brooks, Inc. · 585 F. Supp. 1286
• Penthouse International, Ltd. v. Koch · 599 F. Supp. 1338
• Gardner & Florence Call Cowles Foundation v. Empire Inc. · 589 F. Supp. 669
• Elliott Associates v. J. Henry Schroder Bank & Trust Co. · 655 F. Supp. 1281

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