Barton v. Home Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “a state-court loser’s successor-in-interest” is precluded “from pursuing a de facto appeal in federal court” even if the successor-in-interest “did not actively seek a federal forum for its claims”
• dismissing rather than staying interpleader action under Brillhart where no foreseen circumstances would permit exercising jurisdiction over the claims
• “The Estate's claims do not appear to allege an injury ‘independent’ of the judgment: Solomon could not have transferred the payment without the state court’s approval.”
• exercising discretion to dismiss interpleader action under Wilton/Brillhart abstention standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).