United States Fourth Circuit

The district court is entitled to exercise its discretion to decline to hear a declaratory judgment action in light of a parallel state-court case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/25/2005
• Decided 07/21/2005
• Published 07/21/2005

Judges

• Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Thomas E. Albro, Tremblay & Smith, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.  Dennis Alan Richard, Richard & Richard, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Joseph D. Pope, Nicole Tuman, Cohen Pope, P.L.L.C., New York, New York;  M.E. Gibson, Jr., Patricia D. McGraw, Tremblay & Smith, L.L.P., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.  Patrick C. Asplin, Keeler Obenshain, P.C., Harrisonburg, Virginia, for Appellees.