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· 8/23/1989

Avi Nakash, Joe Nakash, and Ralph Nakash v. Georges Marciano, Maurice Marciano, Armand Marciano, Paul Marciano

Citations

  • 882 F.2d 1411

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that there was forum shopping where, after three-and-a-half years of litigation, the party on the losing side sought a \new forum for [its] claims\
  • holding that two proceedings were substantially similar where both disputes concerned the parties’ actions after one party purchased interest in a company
  • holding that this factor 4 weighs “strongly in favor of abstention,” where the state plaintiff became “dissatisfied with the 5 state court” and sought a “new [federal] forum for their claims.”
  • stating that the language of “exceptional circumstances” and a “virtually unflagging obligation” “somewhat overstates the law”
  • stating that the language of \exceptional circumstances\ and a \virtually unflagging obligation\ \somewhat overstates the law\
  • finding that if the state and federal court have concurrent jurisdiction over a claim, this factor becomes less significant

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Judges: Sneed, Farris, Pregerson

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