USF & G CO. v. MURPHY OIL USA, INC.

No. 93-2118.

21 F.3d 259 (1994)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. MURPHY OIL USA, INCORPORATED, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon A. Berk, Washington, DC, argued (Stephen Zielezienski and Walter J. Andrews of Washington, DC and Sharon Rau Dissinger of Baltimore, MD, appeared on the brief), for appellant.

M. Samuel Jones, III, Little Rock, AR, argued (Eugene Anderson and Tracy Makow, New York City and James Baine and Timothy New, El Dorado, AR, appeared on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (USF & G) appeals the District Court's1 decision to stay USF & G's declaratory judgment action brought in that court against Murphy Oil USA, Inc., in favor of a similar action, filed by Murphy Oil, pending in state court. We affirm.

In 1991 USF & G filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama seeking a declaration...

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