Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Forman v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance

424 U.S. 914

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1976-02-23
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that incontestability clauses prohibit challenges to validity of policy but not defenses relating to limitation of coverage
  • union not estopped when it pled inapplicability of collective bargaining agreement but specifically reserved right to proceed with arbitration if contract did apply
  • “presumption in favor of arbitrability ... should only be dispelled when the agreement explicitly exempts certain conduct ... or when the terms of the agreement, read as a whole, clearly envision nonarbitrability”

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.