Capitol Indemnity Corp. v. Haverfield

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that district court abused its discretion in denying a motion to dismiss or stay a federal declaratory judgment action in favor of a parallel state court proceeding, even though the federal action was filed several months prior to the state suit
• holding, despite the fact that the insurer’s federal declaratory judgment action was filed six months before the state court action, that “the state court was in a better position to adjudicate the matter” and the district court therefore should have abstained

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Capitol Indemnity Corporation v. Gerald Haverfield
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-09-07

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 9,657×
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-24· cited 6,491×
• Wilton v. Seven Falls Co.
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 2,521×
• Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-01· cited 1,812×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-09-08· cited 194×
• Ralph L. Gray, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. O. Gene Bicknell, Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-06-25· cited 139×
• American Casualty Co. of Reading v. Krieger
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-06-29· cited 40×
• Centermark Properties, Inc. v. Home Indemnity Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-03-14· cited 38×
• Tnt Speed & Sport Center, Inc., D/B/A Tnt Golf Cars & Utility Systems v. American States Insurance Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-05-27· cited 37×
• Braxton v. United States Fire Insurance Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-04-12· cited 35×
• Capitol Indemnity Corp. v. Callis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1997-11-25· cited 26×
• United States v. Cedric Mitchell
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-07-05· cited 24×
• Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,985 in Re Steve and Jo Ann Stevens, Debtors v. Pike County Bank v. A.L. Tenney, Trustee
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-09-29· cited 19×
• International Association of Entrepreneurs of America v. Angoff
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-08-04· cited 13×
• ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Winning Concepts of Westport Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1992-12-01· cited 12×