MONTPELIER US INSURANCE COMPANY v. COLLINS

Civil No. 11-141-ART.

MONTPELIER US INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. JOHN COLLINS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Southern Division.

February 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montpelier US Insurance Company, Plaintiff, represented by David A. Shearer, Jr. , Garvey Shearer, PSC & David Wells Zahniser , Garvey Shearer, PSC.

John Collins, Defendant, represented by Nicholas C.A. Vaughn .

Sandra Collins, Defendant, represented by Nicholas C.A. Vaughn .


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

With great power comes great responsibility. This often-repeated Voltaire quote worked for Spider-Man, and it works for federal jurisdiction as well. The Declaratory Judgment Act gives a federal court the unique ability to assert jurisdiction at its discretion, but courts must be cautious when doing so overlaps with parallel state-court litigation. In this case, plaintiff Montpelier US Insurance...

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