· 7/20/2007
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bowling Green Professional Associates, PLC
Citations
- 495 F.3d 266
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 17246
- 2007 WL 2066861
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 alternative remedies of a state declaratory judgment or indemnity action \weighed against federal discretionary jurisdiction\
- holding that non-parties, not joined in the district court, are not bound by the entry of declaratory judgment.
- holding that the district court abused its discretion in exercising jurisdiction over insurance company’s declaratory judgment action
- concluding that the district court’s decision could not settle the controversy in the underlying state court litigation and, thus, the first factor favored not exercising jurisdiction
- holding that Kentucky's Declaratory Judgment Act provided an alternative remedy to federal jurisdiction
- finding that the alternative remedies of a state declaratory judgment or indemnity action “weighed against federal discretionary jurisdiction”
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Judges: Merritt, Griffin, Lawson
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