What is the test for declaratory relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Mapfre Ins. Co. v. Ruiz, No. 1:18-cv-00047-DAD-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2018):

28 U.S.C. 2201(a). Prior to granting declaratory relief, the district court must be satisfied that entertaining the action is appropriate, because the Declaratory Judgment Act is "deliberately cast in terms of permissive, rather than mandatory, authority." Gov't Employees Ins. Co. v. Dizol, 133 F.3d 1220, 1223 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc) (citing Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.,

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