Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Schneider

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A]n even 12 or inconclusively tilted ‘balance of convenience’ would ordinarily support application of the 13 first-filed rule.”
• the issue of whether to apply the first-to-file rule “is committed to the sound discretion of the district court”
• although circumstances did not indicate forum shopping where there were substantial ties to New York, court allowed second-filed action to proceed because it was filed only six days after first action and first action was filed in response to settlement demand
• declaratory judgment action filed after plaintiff received defendant’s own draft complaint

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