FEIGE v. SECHREST

No. 95-1236.

90 F.3d 846 (1996)

Robert FEIGE; Patricia Feige; DP Realty Trust, Inc.; DP Realty Trust; Ficrest Retirement Corporation; Ficrest Retirement Nominee Trust; CoVest, Ltd. v. Steven SECHREST; Emil Molin; Frederick Richardson; Charles Lunden; Harry Stokes; The French Company, Inc.; Linda Kaiser, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Robert F. Feige, Patricia Feige, DP Realty Trust, Inc., DP Realty Trust, FiCrest Retirement Corporation, Ficrest Retirement Nominee Trust and CoVest, Ltd., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Slavitt (argued), Alan M. Rosen, Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, Philadelphia, PA, John H. Perten, Bowditch & Dewey, Framingham, MA for Appellants.

Frederick Richardson, pro se.

Steven Kapustin, Heller, Kapustin, Gershman & Vogel, Blue Bell, PA, for Appellee Charles Lunden.

William G. Frey, Jerome J. Shestack, Bernard Chanin (argued), Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Harry Stokes, The French Co., Inc., Cynthia M. Maleski, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before: NYGAARD, ALITO and SAROKIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

The issue before us is whether, in the face of a statutory insurer liquidation proceeding in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the district court properly stayed this action under the Burford abstention doctrine. We conclude that abstaining and retaining jurisdiction was proper, and hence we will affirm.

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