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· 1/11/1990

American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, a Florida Corporation v. First State Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation

Citations

  • 891 F.2d 882
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 232
  • 1990 WL 12

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the pres- ence of an additional party in state court weighs slightly in favor of abstention because piecemeal litigation may result
  • absence of complex state law question that would best be resolved by the state court weighs against dismissal
  • “Only in rare circumstances will the presence of a state[-]law issue weigh in favor of dismissal. This action does not present such rare circumstances; it does not involve complex questions of state law that would best be resolved by a state court.”

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Judges: Vance, Cox, Edenfield

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