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LUMEN CONST., INC. v. BRANT CONST. CO., INC.

No. 85-1703.

780 F.2d 691 (1985)

LUMEN CONSTRUCTION, INC., Louis Villasenor and Mary Villasenor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BRANT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Region Management & Leasing, Inc., Region Construction Company, Inc., Cole & Associates, Inc., City of Valparaiso Board of Public Works, and United States Fidelity & Guarantee Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1985.

As Amended January 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Joseph Jaskowiak, Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen M. Maish, Griffith, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

WILL, Senior District Judge.

This appeal presents the recurring question of whether a district court properly exercised its discretion to abstain in deference to a parallel state court proceeding. The district court, based on "considerations of `[w]ise judicial administration, giving regard to conservation of judicial resources and comprehensive disposition of litigation," dismissed the case without prejudice. Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States...

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