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TOUCEY v. N.Y. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 16.

314 U.S. 118 (1941)

TOUCEY v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel R. Toucey submitted, pro se.

Mr. Richard S. Righter, with whom Messrs. Samuel W. Sawyer and Horace F. Blackwell, Jr. were on the brief, for respondent in No. 16.

Mr. James R. Morford, with whom Mr. Casper Schenk was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 19.

Mr. Fred A. Ontjes, with whom Mr. Wm. C. Green was on the brief, for respondent in No. 19.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases were argued in succession and are dealt with in a single opinion because the controlling question in both is the same: Does a federal court have power to stay a proceeding in a state court simply because the claim in controversy has previously been adjudicated in the federal court?

No. 16. In 1935, Toucey brought suit against the New York...

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