Al-Abood v. El-Shamari

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Princess Lida doctrine does not apply where the federal action \does not depend on or involve exercising jurisdiction over th[e] res\
• holding that claims were not parallel for Colorado River pur- poses where they were predicated on common underlying facts but involved separate issues
• holding that claims were not parallel for Colorado River purposes where they were based on common underlying facts but involved separate legal issues
• finding that suits were not identical because different legal theories would have to be asserted
• acknowledging that “[t]here is no per se rule against a RICO claim involving only one victim,” but finding the factor significant in holding that there was no pattern
• relying on state law to determine whether statute of limitations as to state law counterclaims was tolled

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