Insurance Regulators To 9th Circuit:  Suit Testing Conservatorship Rightly Tossed

Mealey's (September 20, 2021, 11:30 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A suit alleging that California state regulators abused their authority in obtaining a conservatorship against a workers’ compensation insurance carrier was correctly dismissed because the prior exclusive jurisdiction rule and abstention under Younger v. Harris apply, the regulators argue in their Sept. 15 appellees’ brief before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....