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Great American Insurance Company v. American International Group, Inc. et al

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 8 MOTION to Deposit Funds and for an Injunction.. Document

14 Cited authorities

  1. State Farm Fire Cas. Co. v. Tashire

    386 U.S. 523 (1967)   Cited 741 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 1335 “require only ‘minimal diversity,’ that is, diversity of citizenship between two or more claimants, without regard to the circumstance that other rival claimants may be co-citizens” (footnote omitted)

  2. Hartford Acc. and Indem. v. Swiss Reinsurance

    246 F.3d 219 (2d Cir. 2001)   Cited 186 times
    Finding the language "in the event of any difference arising between the contracting parties it shall be submitted to arbitration" to be "unquestionably sufficiently broad"

  3. Mendez v. Teachers Ins. and Annuity Ass'n

    982 F.2d 783 (2d Cir. 1992)   Cited 97 times
    Holding that delay in bringing action supported district court's denial of motion to discharge, not that bringing the interpleader action was improper

  4. Ashton v. Josephine Bay C. Michael Paul

    918 F.2d 1065 (2d Cir. 1990)   Cited 74 times
    Holding that a federal court may adjudicate rights to property in an estate so long as it does not interfere with the state court's possession

  5. Sotheby's, Inc. v. Garcia

    802 F. Supp. 1058 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)   Cited 45 times
    Holding true even if the state action was filed first

  6. Rubinbaum v. Related Corporated Partners

    154 F. Supp. 2d 481 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)   Cited 28 times
    Denying a motion to transfer where "the parties to the Escrow Agreement agreed that the litigation could be brought in New York"

  7. Fidelity Guaranty Life Insurance Company v. Harrod

    Civil No. CCB-05-2732 (D. Md. May. 25, 2006)   Cited 4 times

    Civil No. CCB-05-2732. May 25, 2006 MEMORANDUM CATHERINE BLAKE, District Judge Now pending before the court is cross-defendant Rapid Settlements, Ltd.'s ("Rapid") motion to dismiss or abate cross-claimant Settlement, Funding, L.L.C., d/b/a Peachtree Settlement Funding's ("Peachtree") cross-claim pending the resolution of arbitration. Both interpleader Fidelity Guaranty Life Insurance Company ("FG Life") and Peachtree have opposed this motion. The issues have been fully briefed and no hearing is necessary

  8. Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 65   Cited 22,592 times   87 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice

  9. Rule 1 - Scope and Purpose

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 1   Cited 15,159 times   48 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"

  10. Rule 25 - Substitution of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 25   Cited 10,801 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Providing for the automatic substitution at the district-court level of public officers sued in their official capacities

  11. Section 1335 - Interpleader

    28 U.S.C. § 1335   Cited 2,221 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Granting original jurisdiction to the district courts in "any civil action of interpleader or in the nature of interpleader" "if two or more adverse claimants . . . are claiming or may claim to be entitled to such money or property" as shall have been pleaded into court

  12. Rule 22 - Interpleader

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 22   Cited 1,325 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Governing interpleader

  13. Section 2361 - Process and procedure

    28 U.S.C. § 2361   Cited 718 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that the “district court . . . may discharge the plaintiff from further liability”

  14. Rule 67 - Deposit into Court

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 67   Cited 623 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Requiring leave from Court to deposit funds