DE COSME v. SEA CONTAINERS, LTD.

No. 88-1907.

874 F.2d 66 (1989)

Benita Sanchez Vda. DE COSME, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. SEA CONTAINERS, LTD., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of R. MEDIAVILLA & SONS, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Cordero with whom Keith A. Graffam and Cordero, Miranda & Pinto was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Reina Colon De Rodriguez, Asst. Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, with whom Hon. Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., and Norma Cotti Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen., were on brief, for appellee State Ins. Fund.

Before BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant R. Mediavilla & Sons, Inc. appeals from the refusal of the district court to enjoin a proceeding in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico under the third exception to the Anti-Injunction Act which allows a federal court "to stay proceedings in a State court ... to protect or effectuate its judgments." 28 U.S.C. § 2283. Appellant claims that a prior settlement judgment in the...

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