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declining to accord full faith and credit to the stay of litigation contained in the liquidation and rehabilitation orders issued by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in part on the grounds that state courts lack authority to enjoin litigation in federal courts
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Nos. 03-55548, 03-55611.
Argued and Submitted December 6, 2004.
Filed August 24, 2005. Amended January 13, 2006.
W. Wendell Hall and Rosemarie Kanusky, Fulbright Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, Claudia Morehead and Robert S. Schulman, Fulbright Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, and Oscar Rey Rodriguez, Fulbright Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for the defendant-appellant.
Pamela H. Woldow, Chief Counsel, Insurance Department, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for the intervenor-appellant.
Jeffrey A. Tidus and David P. Crochetiere, Baute Tidus LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Dickran M. Tevrizian, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-99-13119-DT(AJW), CV-99-13119-DT.
Before BROWNING, PREGERSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
The Opinion filed on August 24, 2005 and appearing at 421 F.3d 835 (9th Cir. 2005) is hereby amended as follows:
1) 421 F.3d at 852, Slip Op. p. 11371, third to last line: after "state court do" add "under the Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act (UILA), CAL. INS. CODE §§ 1064.1-.12"
2) 421 F.3d at 852, Slip Op. p. 11372, lines 5-6: replace "Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act (UILA), CAL. INS. CODE §§ 1064.1-.12" with "UILA"
3) 421 F.3d at 856, Slip Op. p. 11378, line 16: after "stay its proceedings" add "under the UILA"