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ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. SABBAGH

No. 79-1197.

603 F.2d 228 (1979)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Michael SABBAGH, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane C. Quaini, Chicago, Ill., with whom John G. Ryan, DiMento & Sullivan, Boston, Mass., William T. Barker, Robert H. King, Jr., and Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Kathleen King Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

The only issue presented on appeal is whether the district court acted within its discretion in dismissing this action, which challenges Massachusetts automobile insurance rates, on the basis of the abstention doctrine that has grown out of Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943), and Alabama Public Service Comm'n v. Southern Ry. Co., 341 U.S. 341

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