Allstate Insurance Company v. The West Virginia State Bar the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Unlawful Practice

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Allstate Insurance Co. (Allstate), appeals the district court’s dismissal without prejudice of Allstate’s action against defendants, the West Virginia State Bar (State bar) and the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Unlawful Practice (committee), based on the district court’s decision that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction, and in the alternative, that it should abstain. We address only the question of jurisdiction, not abstention, and we affirm.

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