DECLARATORY RELIEF
STANDARD OF REVIEW = ABUSE OF DISCRETION

In sum, we conclude that Brillhart v. Excess Ins. Co. of America, 316 U.S. 491 (1942), governs this declaratory judgment action and that district courts' decisions about the propriety of hearing declaratory judgment actions, which are necessarily bound up with their decisions about the propriety of granting declaratory relief, should be reviewed for abuse of discretion.