Legal Opinion
General Reinsurance Corp. And North Star Reinsurance Corp. v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 28, 1988No. 1236, Docket 88-7245PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Two insurance companies appeal an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Edmund L. Palmieri, Judge, staying a declaratory judgment action on abstention grounds in deference to a pending state action. Appellants argue that the order was an abuse of the district court’s discretion. We disagree and accordingly affirm.
BACKGROUND
CIBA-Geigy Corp. (“CIBA-Geigy”) was formed by the merger of CIBA Corp. (“CIBA”) into Geigy Chemical Corp. (“Gei-gy”). CIBA was a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Summit, New Jersey, and major…
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