SMA LIFE ASSUR. CO. v. SANCHEZ-PICA

No. 91-1981.

960 F.2d 274 (1992)

SMA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Antonio SANCHEZ-PICA, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Gotay-Barquet with whom Feldstein, Gelpi & Gotay, Old San Juan, P.R., and Ralph Diller, Worcester, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, FEINBERG, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


FEINBERG, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the issue of whether a federal district court abused its discretion in refusing to enjoin a local administrative agency proceeding so as to preclude relitigation of a matter previously determined by a default judgment in the district court. Plaintiff SMA Life Assurance Company (SMA) appeals from two orders of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, J. The first order...

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