John Deere Ins. Co. v. SMITH LIGHTERAGE CO., INC.

ORDER

ZILLY, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on defendant’s motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to stay this case pending resolution of a parallel proceeding in Alaska state court, docket no. 8. This motion presents an issue previously unaddressed in the Ninth Circuit: whether a district court should exercise its discretion to entertain actions under the Declaratory Judgment Act involving both federal maritime and state law concerns. The question is important because it involves the uncertain line demarcating where the States’ interest in regulating insurance stops and…