Legal Opinion
The Centennial Life Insurance Company v. Barbara Poston Victor Poston
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1996No. 95-1038PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Senior Judge BUTZNER joined.
CORRECTED OPINION
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed Centennial Life Insurance Company’s declaratory judgment action. Because a pending state action will resolve the issue raised in the federal action, along with a number of issues not raised here, we believe that the district court did not abuse its discretion. Therefore, we affirm the decision below.
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