Wilton v. Seven Falls Co.

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• holding that district court decisions on whether to exercise jurisdiction in declaratory judgment actions are subject only to abuse-of-discretion appellate review
• holding that Brillhart governs the propriety of a district court’s decision to stay a declaratory judgment action
• holding that a discretionary standard governs a district court's decision to stay a federal declaratory judgment action during the pendency of parallel state court proceedings
• holding that review of district court declaratory judgment decisions is for abuse of discretion, not de novo
• holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in staying declaratory judgment action pending outcome of parallel state proceeding
• holding that the standard for determining whether to exercise such discretion to abstain is highly discretionary

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