Travelers Indemnity Company v. Madonna

914 F.2d 1364 The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Connecticut Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alex MADONNA, individually and dba Madonna Construction Company and Phyllis Madonna, individually and dba Madonna Construction Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-56306. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 6, 1990. Decided Sept. 20, 1990. Howard S. Fredman, Frandzel & Share, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Steven J. Adamski, Sinsheimer, Schiebelhut & Baggett, San Luis Obispo, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before POOLE, HALL and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 The Travelers Indemnity Company appeals the district court's order granting a stay of its action for unpaid insurance premiums pending the decision in a parallel state court proceeding. Travelers argues that the district court abused its discretion in holding that this case presents the exceptional circumstances required for such a stay by the doctrine of Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States, 424 U.S. 800 , 96 S.Ct. 1236 , 47 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976).…