Legal Opinion
The Travelers Insurance Company v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1993No. 92-3498PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
On April 21,1992, after two years of litigation and the resolution of the Travelers Insurance Company’s claims against eighteen of nineteen defendants, the district court dismissed the Company’s cause of action against the remaining defendant, Miss Ashley Claire Hurdle. Finding support in Torch, Inc. v. LeBlanc, 947 F.2d 193 (5th Cir.1991), the court decided to abstain in this declaratory judgment action. The Travelers Insurance Company (“Travelers”) appeals. Finding that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing Travelers’ suit against Miss Hurdle, we…
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