National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Herbert Karp

How courts have described this case

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

• the presence of the insurance company and insured in both suits rendered the two actions parallel even though the federal action involved more parties
• the presence of the insurance company and insured in both suits rendered the two actions parallel even though the federal action involved more parties
• “Federal and state proceedings are ‘concurrent’ or ‘parallel’ for purposes of abstention when the two proceedings are essentially the same... .”
• “[T]he district court acts within its discretion to decline adjudicating issues raised in an interpleader action that can be ‘fairly adjudicated’ in state court”
• “The [Declaratory Judgment Act] is procedural in nature, and merely offers an additional remedy to litigants.”
• federal and state proceedings are “essentially the same; that is, there is an identity of parties, and the issues and relief sought are the same.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).