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HARTFORD FIRE INS. v. RI PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 00-1521.

233 F.3d 127 (2000)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT, AUTHORITY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Donovan, III with whom Robert H. Gaynor and Sloane & Walsh, LLP were on brief for appellant.

James E. Kelleher with whom Revens, Lanni, Revens & St. Pierre was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

At issue on this appeal is the refusal of the district judge, as a matter of discretion, to entertain a declaratory judgment action brought by the Hartford Fire Insurance Company against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority ("RIPTA"). Hartford insures RIPTA under a commercial general liability policy. The pertinent background of this appeal are two different actions brought against RIPTA in state court by individuals injured by RIPTA buses...

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