Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Falcon Insurance Co. v. Eli Lilly & Co.

479 U.S. 1060

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-01-20
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • weighing competing interests in determining validity of time, place and manner restrictions on speech
  • “Indiana ... has a strong additional interest [in the insurance coverage dispute] because it is [the insured’s] principal place of business and place of incorporation.”
  • a corporation is “doing business" under § 1391(c) whenever the Constitution would permit a state to require a foreign corporation to comply with a licensing scheme
  • policy ambiguous if reasonable persons may honestly differ as to meaning of policy language
  • “[T]he Supremacy Clause, standing alone, secures federal rights only in the sense that it establishes federal-state priorities; it does not create individual rights, nor does it secure such rights within the meaning of 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983.”

Citator

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C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Scalia took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.