62 Cited authorities

  1. Lawrence v. Texas

    539 U.S. 558 (2003)   Cited 1,153 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
  2. Vasquez v. Hillery

    474 U.S. 254 (1986)   Cited 1,906 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a judge's systemic exclusion of racial minorities from the grand jury compelled the dismissal of the indictment
  3. Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court

    6 Cal.4th 287 (Cal. 1993)   Cited 974 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an insurer may seek "summary adjudication that no potential for liability exists and thus that it has no duty to defend" based on extrinsic evidence
  4. Buss v. Superior Court

    16 Cal.4th 35 (Cal. 1997)   Cited 682 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an insurer may seek reimbursement of defense costs that may be allocated to claims that are not even potentially covered because a party desiring relief carries the burden of proof
  5. Continental Cas. v. Rapid-Am

    80 N.Y.2d 640 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 602 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that these terms are to be construed narrowly as barring coverage "only when the insured intended the damages"
  6. Automobile Insurance Company v. Cook

    7 N.Y.3d 131 (N.Y. 2006)   Cited 375 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Noting that defense duty arises when complaint's allegations "suggest a reasonable possibility of coverage"
  7. Seaboard Sur. Co. v. Gillette Co.

    64 N.Y.2d 304 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 730 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that policy exclusions "are not to be extended by interpretation or implication but are to be accorded a strict and narrow construction" and that any ambiguity will be resolved against the insurer
  8. Employers Ins. of Wausau v. Ehlco Liquidating Trust

    186 Ill. 2d 127 (Ill. 1999)   Cited 359 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "undisputed facts compel the legal conclusion that Wausau's refusal to defend the Wyoming suit was vexatious and unreasonable as a matter of law"
  9. Capstone Bldg. Corp. v. Am. Motorists Ins. Co.

    308 Conn. 760 (Conn. 2013)   Cited 216 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Finding "no basis in the language of the [CGL] policy for limiting coverage to liability for harm to third parties"
  10. Lang v. Hanover Ins. Co.

    3 N.Y.3d 350 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 225 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[c]ompliance with these requirements [of Section 3420] is a condition precedent to a direct action against the insurance company"
  11. Section 28-11-316 - Duty of person indemnifying to defend

    Mont. Code § 28-11-316   Cited 6 times
    Codifying indemnitor's duty to defend and its liability for underlying recovery against indemnitee