Evanston Insurance v. Jimco, Inc.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Invoking diversity jurisdiction, an insurer who had been sued in more than 20 different state court actions filed a declaratory judgment action in federal court, seeking a judgment that its policy did not cover any of the claims asserted. The district court decided that it should abstain because the pendency of the same issues in the various state court actions was an exceptional circumstance warranting refusal to exercise federal jurisdiction. Because we read controlling Supreme Court precedent in Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States1 and…