Old Republic Union Insurance v. Tillis Trucking Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This ease arises from the efforts of Old Republic Union Insurance Company (“Old Republic”) to avoid payment of a state court judgment against its insured and, alternatively, to have its obligations under certain insurance policies determined by a federal court instead of state court. Old Republic sought to do that by instituting a declaratory judgment action in federal district court. Relying on principles of federalism and comity, including those embodied in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), and its progeny, the district court…
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