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Pacific Employers Insurance v. Cargill

474 U.S. 909 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-10-15 Docket No. 84-1928 English

Judges Justice Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — White J.

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p. 909
No. 84-1928.
Pacific Employers Insurance Co. v. M/V Capt. W. D. Cargill et al.

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

dissenting.

In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held, respecting the District Court’s dismissal of a declaratory action, that review is limited to the question of whether the District Court abused its discretion. 751 F. 2d 801 , 804 (1985).

Dissent — White J.

p. 910
This standard of review conflicts with that adopted by other Courts of Appeals. See, e. g., Bilbrey v. Brown, 738 F. 2d 1462 , 1470 (CA9 1984) (whether a district court properly exercised its discretion to grant declaratory relief is subject to more searching review on appeal than under the “abuse of discretion” standard); International Harvester Co. v. Deere & Co., 623 F. 2d 1207 , 1217 (CA7 1980) (a court of appeals, in deciding whether jurisdiction should be taken in a declaratory action, does not defer to the judgment of the district court, but must exercise its own sound discretion). I would grant certiorari to resolve this conflict among the Courts of Appeals.

Cases cited

  • 751 F. 2d 801 751 F. 2d 801 p. 909
  • 738 F. 2d 1462 738 F. 2d 1462 p. 910
  • 623 F. 2d 1207 623 F. 2d 1207 p. 910