State Supreme Court / Mont.

Safeco Insurance v. Ellinghouse

Decided September 17, 1986. John C. Sheehy wrote the opinion for the court.

725 P.2d 217 · Cited 58 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Gibson v. Western Fire Insurance · 682 P.2d 725
O'Brien v. Great Northern Railway Co. · 145 Mont. 13
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Schropp · 567 P.2d 1359
Flanigan v. Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. · 720 P.2d 257
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Cumiskey · 665 P.2d 223
O'BRIEN v. Great Northern Railroad Company · 421 P.2d 710
Fey v. A. A. Oil Corp. · 285 P.2d 578
In Re the Revocation of Certificate of Registration of Shaw · 615 P.2d 910
Preston v. McDonnell · 659 P.2d 276
American Interstate Insurance Company of Georgia v. Revis · 274 S.E.2d 586
Timmons v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. · 653 P.2d 907
O'Neill Investigations, Inc. v. Illinois Employers Insurance of Wausau · 636 P.2d 1170
Little v. Stuyvesant Life Ins. Co. · 67 Cal. App. 3d 451
Jessen v. O'DANIEL · 210 F. Supp. 317
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Neville · 434 N.E.2d 585
Wayte v. Rollins International, Inc. · 169 Cal. App. 3d 1

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Freyer · 2013 MT 301
In Re the Rules of Professional Conduct · 2000 MT 110
Federated Mutual Insurance v. Anderson · 1999 MT 288
Dees v. American National Fire Insurance · 861 P.2d 141
Hart-Anderson v. Hauck · 748 P.2d 937
Kirk White v. State Fund · 2013 MT 187
Portal Pipe Line Co. v. Stonewall Insurance · 845 P.2d 746
Rose v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 599 S.E.2d 673
Day v. Montana Power Co. · 789 P.2d 1224
Palmer v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 861 P.2d 895
Gurnsey v. Conklin Co., Inc. · 751 P.2d 151
Lane v. Dunkle · 753 P.2d 321
Tigart v. Thompson · 796 P.2d 582
Campbell v. ACandS, Inc. · 704 F. Supp. 1020
Stensvad v. Towe · 759 P.2d 138
Dagel v. City of Great Falls · 819 P.2d 186
Cartwright v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States · 914 P.2d 976
World Harvest Church, Inc. v. Guideone Mutual Insurance · 695 S.E.2d 6
State Ex Rel. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Montana Second Judicial District Court · 783 P.2d 911
Rocky Mountain Enterprises, Inc. v. Pierce Flooring · 951 P.2d 1326
Federal Insurance v. Susquehanna Broadcasting Co. · 727 F. Supp. 169
Baird v. Norwest Bank · 843 P.2d 327
Romero v. J & J TIRE · 777 P.2d 292
PUEBLO SANTA FE TOWNHOMES OWNERS'ASS'N v. Transcontinental Insurance Co. · 178 P.3d 485
Montana Pole & Treating Plant v. IF Laucks and Co. · 775 F. Supp. 1339

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