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Will Vs. Calvert Fire Ins. Co.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 23, 1978

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  1. Mcclellan Vs. Carland US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1910
  2. United States Vs. Duell US Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1899
  3. thermtron Products, Inc. Vs. Hermansdorfer US Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1976
  4. Beacon theatres, Inc. Vs. Westover US Supreme Court · May 25, 1959
  5. Will v. Calvert
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  6. Fire Ins. Co. - 437 U.S. 655 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court Will v. Calvert
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  7. Fire Ins. Co., 437 U.S. 655 (1978) Will v. Calvert
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  8. U. S. 656 the Rule 10b-5 claim. Thereafter, that court, relying on Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  9. whether or not to defer to the state courts is largely committed to the discretion of the district court, Brillhart v. Excess
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  10. U. S. 260 . Pp. 437 U. S. 665 -667. MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN, who is of the view that Brillhart v. Excess
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  11. have done no more than require reconsideration by petitioner in light of Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  12. F.2d 792, 797. The Court of Appeals felt that our recent decision in Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  13. Will v. United
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  14. U. S. 90 , 389 U. S. 98 n.6 (1967). As we have repeatedly reaffirmed in cases such as Kerr v. United
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  15. States District Court, 426 U. S. 394 , 426 U. S. 402 (1976), and Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Holland
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  16. Roche v. Evaporated
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  17. Insurance Co. v. Comstock
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  18. Bankers Life & Cas. Co., supra at 346 U. S. 384 , quoting United States v. Duell
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  19. Brillhart v. Excess
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  20. actions have concerned conflicts of jurisdiction between two federal district courts, e.g., Kerotest Mfg. Co., v. C-O-Two
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  21. Landis v. North
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  22. App. to Pet. for Cert. D-5. It sought identical equitable relief in its federal complaint. Id. at 6. See Weiner v. Shearson
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  23. Aetna State Bank v. Altheimer
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  24. b) (1976 ed.), preempted insurance from the reach of the federal securities laws. American Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Calvert
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  25. example of the proper issuance of the writ to protect eventual appellate jurisdiction is Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer
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  26. in at least one instance, we approved the issuance of the writ upon a mere showing of abuse of discretion, La Buy v. Howes
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  27. States, 389 U. S. 90 , 389 U. S. 98 n. 6 (1967). Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover
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  28. is made all the more apparent by our holding earlier this Term in General Atomic Co. v. Felter
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  29. S. 662 -663, appears to me to indicate that it now regards as fully compatible the Court's decisions in Brillhart v. Excess
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  30. Ins. Co., 316 U. S. 491 (1942), a diversity case, and Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  31. Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  32. accepted by my Brother REHNQUIST, ante at 437 U. S. 662 -- of McClellan v. Carland
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  33. governs a multo fortiori. Yet, relying on the completely inapposite case of Brillhart v. Excess
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  34. the McClellan principle and all but ignores the analysis set forth in Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  35. The petitioner's motion to dismiss the bill was addressed to the discretion of the court. Aetna Casualty Co. v. Quarles
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  36. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Consumers
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  37. American Automobile Ins. Co. v. Freundt
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  38. This is clear from the lower court cases approvingly cited by Brillhart -- American Automobile Insurance Co. v. Freundt
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  39. and Aetna Casualty Co. v. Quarles
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  40. is especially lamentable in light of our decision only two Terms ago in Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United
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  41. id. at 424 U. S. 813 , quoting County of Allegheny v. Frank
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  42. disable federal courts from ruling de novo on purely legal questions surrounding such federal claims. See Cotler v. Inter-County
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  43. McGough v. First
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  44. Clark v. Watchie
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  45. F.2d 994 (CA9 1975). As recognized by Judge Learned Hand in Lyons v. Westinghouse
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  46. of historical facts by a state court's adjudicating an exclusively federal claim raised as a defense, see Granader v. Public
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  47. that a district court should not stay claims over which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. See Cotler v. Inter-County
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  48. Lecor, Inc. v. United
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  49. standard set forth in La Buy v. Howes
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  50. Leather Co., 352 U. S. 249 , 352 U. S. 257 (1957), or under the prong of Will v. United
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