African Methodist Episcopal v. Willard Lucien, Jr.

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• holding that “any ambiguities of state law must be resolved” in favor of remand
• holding that “any ambiguities of state law must be resolved” in favor of remand”
• citing, inter alia, Moses H. Cone Mem’l Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 16 (1983)
• “As an initial step, before applying the factors, the court must determine if litigation is sufficiently parallel”
• “any contested issues of facts and any ambiguities of state law must be resolved in favor of remand” (quotation omitted)
• “The additional half-hour’s drive makes the federal forum only slightly less convenient, and this inconvenience is minor compared to the 300–mile distance found ‘significant’ in Colorado River, a case involving over one thousand defendants.”

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