Life & Fire Ins. Co. of NY v. Adams
Cases that cite this one
15 later published cases cite this decision. The 14 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Board of Public Instruction of Duval County, Florida v. Daly N. Braxton and Sharon Braxton, Minors, by Sadie Braxton, Their Mother Andnext Friend (5th Cir. 1964)
- Sommerfield v. City of Chicago (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2008)
- United States v. Malmin (3d Cir. 1921)
- Pioneer Properties, Inc. v. Ross Lloyd Martin, the Genesis Marketing Organization Limited (10th Cir. 1985)
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Crofters, Inc. (District Court, S.D. Ohio 1972)
- Ex parte Curl (Ala. 1967)
- Rapp v. Van Dusen (3d Cir. 1965)
- Long v. Winona Coal Co. (Ala. 1921)
- Ex Parte Roe (Supreme Court of the United States 1914)
- Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. Southern Ry. Co. (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina 1898)
- National Transit Co. v. United States Pipe Line Co. (Pa. 1897)
- Richardson v. Farrar (Va. 1892)
- Kleiber v. McManus (Tex. 1886)
- Home Insurance v. Scheffer (Minn. 1867)
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Opinion
was of opinion, that in a cause of this soft, the court ought not to dispense with the regular course of proceedings,- by the granting and service of a rule to show cause.
said, that the grant of a rule to show cause and the service thereof, is a matter in the discretion of the court. The court may, ip its discretion, grant an alternative mandamus, if it deems it more conducive to public *572 justice, and to-prevent delays. Here all the parties express themselves ready to proceed in the cause. The district judge waives any formal rule and notice, and wishes no delay; and states his readiness now to show cause. .Under such circumstances, all the purposes of a? rule to show cause and notice are ..accomplished, and there is no-necessity for directing such a rulé and notice. The coürt, therefore, in my opinion, may properly proceed.at once tó.the hearing of the causej for. the purpose,of ascertaining whether a mandamus ought or ought not to be awardéd.
The other judges concurred in the opinion of the chief justice; and the court directed the motion to come up on the-next motion day; .
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