Legal Opinion
Sensient Colors Inc. v. Allstate Insurance
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 29, 2008PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
The proper functioning of our federal system requires that courts of sister states, when appropriate, extend comity to one another. In this appeal, with similar lawsuits in two different state court systems, we must determine the legal principles that govern when a New Jersey court should defer to another jurisdiction’s courts.
This case involves similar environmental insurance coverage actions pending in two different jurisdictions, the first one filed by an insurance company in New York and a later one filed by its insured in New Jersey. The aim of both declaratory judgment actions is to…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. University of Pennsylvania. Appeal of the Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Riggs v. Johnson CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1868
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