Supreme Court of the United States, 1952

Downey v. Beck

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 31, 1952

343 U.S. 912; 72 S. Ct. 646 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Morris Lavine for petitioner. Thomas S. Tobin for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

State Farm Life Insurance v. Pearce (Cal. Ct. App. 1991)
Reliable Life Insurance Co. v. Spurgeon (Mo. Ct. App. 1988)
Diep v. Rivas (Md. 2000)
Hayashi v. Lorenz (Cal. 1954)
Wilson v. Hendrie (Wis. 1958)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further consideration in the light of Beck v. West Coast Life Ins. Co., decided by the Supreme Court of California on March 21, 1952, 38 Cal. 2d 643, 241 P. 2d 544.

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