NATIONAL TRUST INS. v. SOUTHERN HEATING & COOLING

No. 20-11292.

12 F.4th 1278 (2021)

NATIONAL TRUST INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN HEATING AND COOLING INC, Steven Hoge, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Billy Carl Hoge, deceased and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Ellen Hammon Hoge, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Christie , Patrick W. Franklin , Miller Christie & Kinney, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Victor Wood, Jr. , Matthew T. Dukes , John A. Wilmer , Wilmer & Lee, PA, Huntsville, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Southern Heating and Cooling Inc.

David Leon Ashford , Devan Lanay Byrd , Steven Hughston Nichols , Christopher Scott Randolph, Jr. , Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Steven Hoge.

Before JORDAN, BRASHER, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


The Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a), provides in relevant part that in "a case of actual controversy ... any court of the United States ... may declare the rights and legal relations of any interested party seeking such declaration." As the permissive text suggests, a district court has discretion in deciding...

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