District Court, E.D. Kentucky May 27, 2011, 6:03-misc-00003 (Aspen Insurance UK Ltd. v. Murriel-Don Coal, Inc.)

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MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

The declaratory judgment statute — which provides that federal courts “may” enter declaratory judgments in “case[s] of actual controversy,” 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a) — “eonfer[s] on federal courts unique and substantial discretion in deciding whether to declare the rights of litigants.”

Wilton v. Seven Falls Co.,

515 U.S. 277, 286, 115 S.