Legal Opinion
In Re Burns & Wilcox, Ltd., as General Agent for Agency Marketing And/or Individually
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1995No. 94-3499PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Burns & Wilcox, Ltd. seeks a writ of mandamus directing the district court to exercise jurisdiction over a state court action which Burns & Wilcox removed to federal court. We find that the district court’s decision to remand the action to state court on abstention grounds was incorrect. Accordingly, we grant the writ.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1984, Gary Banick, an insurance agent, agreed to sell an insurance policy to Marlene Fearing covering Fearing’s restaurant. When Banick was unable to place the policy with a licensed Minnesota insurer, he contacted a policy broker to obtain…
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