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UNIVERSAL INS. CO. v. OFFICE OF INS. COM'R

No. 12-2455.

755 F.3d 34 (2014)

UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF the INSURANCE COMMISSIONER; Ramón L. Cruz-Colón; Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlo Defendini-Díaz and Pagán, Ortega, & Defendini Law Offices PSC on brief for appellant.

Margarita Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and, LISI, District Judge.

LISI, District Judge.

Appellant Universal Insurance Co. ("Universal") seeks review of a district court order dismissing its federal court action on res judicata grounds. The district court determined that the issues raised in the federal court action had been previously litigated in an administrative action before Appellee Office of the Insurance Commissioner ("OIC"). For the reasons outlined below, we affirm the district court's decision.

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