Kimmel v. Peterson

Decided May 27, 1983. James Tyrone Giles wrote the opinion for the court.

565 F. Supp. 476 · Cited 74 times

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• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6
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• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375
• Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu · 450 U.S. 754
• Adair v. Hunt International Resources Corp. · 526 F. Supp. 736
• Harper v. New Japan Securities International, Inc. · 545 F. Supp. 1002
• Beascoechea v. Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates, Inc. · 486 F. Supp. 169
• Sinn v. Burd · 404 A.2d 672
• Niederman v. Brodsky · 436 Pa. 401
• Forster v. Manchester · 410 Pa. 192
• Dyer v. Eastern Trust and Banking Company · 336 F. Supp. 890
• Landmark Savings & Loan v. Rhoades · 527 F. Supp. 206
• Osborne v. Mallory · 86 F. Supp. 869
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Estate of Caton · 540 F. Supp. 673
• Engl Ex Rel. Plymouth Plaza Associates v. Berg · 511 F. Supp. 1146
• Hellenic Lines, Ltd. v. O'HEARN · 523 F. Supp. 244
• Heinold Commodities, Inc. v. McCarty · 513 F. Supp. 311
• Keller v. Coyle · 499 F. Supp. 1031
• Kardon v. National Gypsum Co. · 69 F. Supp. 512

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