New Hampshire Insurance v. Home Savings & Loan Co.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, New Hampshire Insurance Company (“New Hampshire” or “NHIC”), appeals from the district court’s order and judgment granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to its discretion to decline to exercise jurisdiction over claims brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act of 1934, 28 U.S.C. § 2001. Applying the BrillhartfWilton abstention framework, the district court dismissed New Hampshire’s complaint in favor of parallel proceedings pending in Ohio state court. On appeal, New Hampshire challenges the district court’s application of the Brill-hart/Wilton…