Ex Parte Canal Ins. Co.

Canal Insurance Company ("Canal") petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Clatus K. Junkin, Judge of the Circuit Court of Pickens County, to grant Canal's motion which sought a dismissal or a summary judgment. Alternatively, it asks us to direct the trial judge to stay a suit in the circuit court pending the final resolution of a prior declaratory action filed in the United States District Court, Northern District. Canal also requests that a writ of mandamus issue directing the trial judge to vacate certain discovery orders.

On December 30, 1986, Canal issued an…