Neuchatel Swiss General Insurance Company, and Express Transports S.A. v. Lufthansa Airlines Deutsche Lufthansa A.G.

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves an ordinary commercial dispute over the loss of cargo consisting of a sealed carton of gold and jewels, which was transformed, as if by alchemy, into a bag of lead by the end of its international journey. The district court, relying upon Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 96 S.Ct. 1236, 47 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976), entered an order staying the action pending the outcome of parallel judicial proceedings in Geneva, Switzerland. 1 We reverse the stay order because of the absence of “exceptional circumstances”…