Legal Opinion
National Union Fire Insurance v. Freeport-McMoran, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 4, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-738 MMSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action by National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA (“National Union”) against Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (“Freeport”). Before the court is Freeport’s motion to stay or dismiss this declaratory judgment action in light of a pending Texas state court action filed by Freeport. Freeport also moves the court to stay discovery pending resolution of the motion to stay or dismiss. The court’s jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship of the parties, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). For the reasons set forth…
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