Great Lakes Insurance Se v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC (601 U.S. 65)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 21, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 601 U.S. 65 · 144 S. Ct. 637
- Decided
- February 21, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Private Action
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Unspecifiable
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus GREAT LAKES INSURANCE SE v. RAIDERS RETREAT REALTY CO., LLC CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 22–500. Argued October 10, 2023—Decided February 21, 2024 Great Lakes Insurance and Raiders Retreat Realty Co. entered a mari- time insurance contract. Great Lakes was organized in Germany and headquartered in the United Kingdom, and Raiders was headquar- tered in Pennsylvania. The parties’ contract selected New York law to govern any future disputes. Raiders’ boat subsequently ran aground in Florida. Great Lakes denied coverage for the accident and filed a related declaratory judgment action in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Raiders responded by advancing contract claims against Great Lakes under Pennsylvania law. The District Court enforced the choice-of-law provision in the parties’ con- tract and rejected Raiders’ Pennsylvania-law contract claims. The…
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