U.S. v. RURAL ELEC. CONVENIENCE CO-OP. CO.

No. 90-1516.

922 F.2d 429 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RURAL ELECTRIC CONVENIENCE COOPERATIVE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1991.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Roberts, U.S. Atty., Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, Ill., J. Christopher Kohn, W. Michael Tupman, Department of Justice, Civil Div., Michael W. Kelly, General Counsel, Helen Wyskoczka, Department of Agriculture, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank K. Heap, Daniel Lawler, John W. Rotunno, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

The United States Rural Electrification Administration (REA) brought suit in district court seeking a preliminary injunction to enjoin state court declaratory judgment proceedings involving two rural electric co-operatives to which it had loaned money. The REA argued that because the state court action implicated significant federal interests, the district court should enjoin the state proceeding in favor of a parallel federal proceeding that...

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