Legal Opinion
Nautilus Insurance v. Winchester Homes, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1994No. 92-1799PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Winchester Homes, Inc. (“Winchester”), one of several defendants in a declaratory judgment action brought to resolve a dispute over liability insurance coverage, appeals the district court’s dismissal of that action, on the eve of trial, in deference to pending state court litigation against the insured on the underlying claims for which coverage is sought. The appeal raises once again the *373difficult question of when a federal district court may decline to entertain a declaratory judgment action that is properly within its jurisdiction because of the pendency of…
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