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LAW ENFORCEMENT INS. CO., LTD. v. CORCORAN

No. 312, Docket 86-7658.

807 F.2d 38 (1986)

LAW ENFORCEMENT INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James P. CORCORAN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Wright, New York City (Grand & Ostrow, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas M. Campbell, New York City (Mathias E. Mone, Marc J. Korpus, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, NEWMAN and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

We are required in this case to revisit a recurring tension in our dual system of justice. The federal courts have a fundamental obligation to adjudicate controversies within their jurisdiction. Yet they also have a duty to abstain from doing so when the case falls within one of the narrow recognized categories of instances in which, because of related state proceedings, action by the federal courts would be thoroughly unproductive...

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