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· 1/28/1999

Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated v. Supreme International Corporation

Citations

  • 167 F.3d 417
  • 49 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1637
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 1074
  • 1999 WL 33428

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  • finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion staying the second-filed action
  • noting that where less than two weeks'passed between Supreme’s sending of a cease-and-desist letter and the filing of Anheuser’s lawsuit, “[t]his short period of time suggests that Anheuser raced to the courthouse”
  • noting that a district court in our circuit considered these same three options
  • reasoning that a less than two-week period \from when Supreme sent its cease and desist letter to Anheuser to the time Supreme filed the Florida action ... suggests that Anheuser raced to the courthouse to usurp Supreme's forum choice\
  • reasoning that a less than two-week period “from when Supreme sent its cease and desist letter to Anheuser to the time Supreme filed the Florida action . . . suggests that Anheuser raced to the courthouse to usurp Supreme’s forum choice”
  • listing factors the Eighth Circuit considers when determining whether to deviate from the first filed rule

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Judges: Arnold, Fagg, Hall

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