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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CAS. v. GOOD

No. 11-2790.

689 F.3d 714 (2012)

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY and Travelers Indemnity Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ross GOOD, individually and on behalf of a class, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Crawford , Attorney, Litchfield Cavo, Chicago, IL, Charles E. Spevacek (argued), Attorney, Meagher & Geer PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David M. Oppenheim (argued), Attorney, Anderson & Wanca, Rolling Meadows, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This case is an appeal from the district court's discretionary decision not to exercise jurisdiction over a declaratory judgment action because parallel state court proceedings were pending. We affirm the dismissal, but on a different ground. After exploring some of the more arcane borders of federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship, we conclude that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiffs' small...

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