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Matter of Allstate Life Ins. v. Superintendent of Ins. Co.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 21, 1985
64 N.Y.2d 962 (N.Y. 1985)

Opinion

Argued February 12, 1985

Decided March 21, 1985

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Richard W. Wallach, J.

T. Richard Kennedy, Edward Thompson, John M. Nonna and Deborah F. Peters for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General ( Lillian Z. Cohen, Robert Hermann and O. Peter Sherwood of counsel), for respondent.

Gordon E. McCutchan for Nationwide Life Insurance Company, amicus curiae.



Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Leonard H. Sandler at the Appellate Division ( 99 A.D.2d 278).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and ALEXANDER.


Summaries of

Matter of Allstate Life Ins. v. Superintendent of Ins. Co.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 21, 1985
64 N.Y.2d 962 (N.Y. 1985)
Case details for

Matter of Allstate Life Ins. v. Superintendent of Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 21, 1985

Citations

64 N.Y.2d 962 (N.Y. 1985)
488 N.Y.S.2d 651
477 N.E.2d 1105

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