Alliance General Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Hennessey's Tavern, Inc., and Tony Howard Jones Darren Sabo

78 F.3d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. ALLIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HENNESSEY'S TAVERN, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and Tony Howard Jones; Darren Sabo, Defendants. No. 94-56509. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 27, 1996. * Decided March 4, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM ** Hennessey's Tavern, Inc. appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of Alliance General Insurance Company and the order denying reconsideration, in Alliance's diversity action seeking a declaratory judgment that Alliance was not obligated to defend and indemnify Hennessey's in an underlying state court action. Federal "[c]ourts should generally decline to assert jurisdiction in insurance coverage and other declaratory relief actions presenting only issues of state law during the pendency of parallel proceedings in state court." American National Fire…