DE CISNEROS v. YOUNGER

No. 731, Docket 88-7902.

871 F.2d 305 (1989)

Ela F. DE CISNEROS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert YOUNGER and Overall Construction, Incorporated, Lico Construction Company, Brillembourg Associates, River House Realty Corporation, Jeffrey Thomas, Calhoun Woodworking, Incorporated, London Electrical Contractors, Brown, Harris Stevens, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. OVERALL CONSTRUCTION, INCORPORATED, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LICO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Brillembourg Associates, Riverhouse Realty Corporation, Jeffrey Thomas, Calhoun Woodworking, Incorporated, London Electrical Contractors, and Brown, Harris, Stevens, Incorporated, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Conforti (Leahey & Johnson, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

David J. Groth (Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pa., Kenneth A. Bloom, O'Donnell, Fox & Gartner, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Before KAUFMAN, TIMBERS and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Ela F. de Cisneros appeals from a September 15, 1988 order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mukasey, J.), staying the instant federal action under the doctrine of abstention until parallel state cases are resolved. In abstaining, the district court relied on the genre of abstention annunciated by the Supreme Court in Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States,

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