In re Katrina Canal
495 F.3d 191 (5th Cir. 2007) Cited 4,527 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that flood exclusion provisions in State Farm policy covered damage caused by flooding due to breached levees
Greenfield v. Philles Records
98 N.Y.2d 562 (N.Y. 2002) Cited 1,913 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding a "written agreement that is complete, clear and unambiguous on its face must be enforced according to the plain meaning of its terms"
W.W.W. Assocs v. Giancontieri
77 N.Y.2d 157 (N.Y. 1990) Cited 2,203 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that extrinsic evidence was immaterial, in part because the contract plainly manifested intent that all prior understandings were merged into the contract, which expressed the parties' full agreement
New York v. Lafarge N. Am.
599 F.3d 102 (2d Cir. 2010) Cited 972 timesHolding that the first-filed rule applies to cases in different jurisdictions and "states that, in determining the proper venue, where there are two competing lawsuits, the first suit should have priority"
Parks Real Estate Purchasing Group v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
472 F.3d 33 (2d Cir. 2006) Cited 326 times 2 Legal AnalysesApplying New York law
Sec. Plans, Inc. v. Cuna Mut. Ins. Soc'y
769 F.3d 807 (2d Cir. 2014) Cited 105 times 1 Legal AnalysesApplying New York law
Six Flags v. Westchester Surplus Lines
565 F.3d 948 (5th Cir. 2009) Cited 104 times 1 Legal AnalysesConcluding that rule of strict construction of insurance policy only applies after a policy is found to be ambiguous
Platek v. Town of Hamburg
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 1483 (N.Y. 2015) Cited 55 timesHolding the court must give effect "to all of the language employed by the parties in the contract and leave no provision without force and effect"
Woodhams v. Allstate Fire Casualty Company
748 F. Supp. 2d 211 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) Cited 42 timesInterpreting same policy language in same way
U.S. Fire Ins. Co. v. General Reinsurance Corp.
949 F.2d 569 (2d Cir. 1991) Cited 78 times 1 Legal AnalysesApplying New York law