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· 2/8/1989

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Sandra Porter-Englehart, Sandra Porter-Englehart

Citations

  • 867 F.2d 79
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 1223
  • 1989 WL 8597

How courts have described this case

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  • “agree[ing]” with the notion that “federal courts should dismiss interpleader actions when federal adjudica- tion would disrupt ongoing state proceedings”
  • “agree[ing]” with the notion that “federal courts should dismiss interpleader actions when federal adjudica- tion would disrupt ongoing state proceedings”
  • “agree[ing]” with the notion that “federal courts should dismiss interpleader actions when federal adjudica- tion would disrupt ongoing state proceedings”
  • those injured by insurance practices proscribed by chapter 176D may sue under chapter 93A
  • interpleader inappropriate where no \potentially conflicting claim\ to funds at issue exists
  • interpleader is not “a mere convenience for a stakeholder, exercisable at whim”

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Judges: Bownes, Breyer, Selya

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