Legal Opinion
Lafourche Parish v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 2, 2024No. 2:23-cv-03472Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF LAFOURCHE CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 23-3472 c/w 23-3479, 23-3475 INDIAN HARBOR SECTION: “E” (5) INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. Applies to: All Cases ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is a Motion to Remand1 filed by Plaintiff, Parish of LaFourche (the “Parish”). Defendants are several insurers who issued surplus line insurance policies to the Parish. Invoking the Burford abstention doctrine,2 the Parish argues the dispute between the parties involves such vital state interests that this Court should abstain from exercising…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Quackenbush v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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