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GENERAL REINSURANCE CORP. v. CIBA-GEIGY CORP.

No. 1236, Docket 88-7245.

853 F.2d 78 (1988)

GENERAL REINSURANCE CORP. and North Star Reinsurance Corp., Appellants, v. CIBA-GEIGY CORP., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Schlesinger, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City (Pamela L. Weisberg, Elizabeth A. Forman, of counsel), for appellants.

John W. Barnum, White & Case, New York City (Vincent R. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Margaret Murphy, Janis M. Meyer, of counsel), for appellee.

Before OAKES, MESKILL and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

Two insurance companies appeal an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Edmund L. Palmieri, Judge, staying a declaratory judgment action on abstention grounds in deference to a pending state action. Appellants argue that the order was an abuse of the district court's discretion. We disagree and accordingly affirm.

BACKGROUND

CIBA-Geigy Corp. ("CIBA-Geigy") was formed by the merger of...

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