Legal Opinion
Royal Indemnity Co. v. Apex Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 2, 2008No. 06-3454, 06-3461, 06-3469PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Royal Indemnity Company brought this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, to seek a declaration of the rights and obligations of Royal Indemnity Company, various other insurance companies and Apex Oil Company, Inc. (“Apex”), under certain insurance policies Royal Indemnity Company and the other insurance companies issued to Apex. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the district court’s 1 decision to abstain, but we vacate the dismissal order and remand so that the court can instead enter an order staying the proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
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