Dependable Highway Express, Inc. v. Navigators Ins.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that district court’s indefinite stay pending resolution of related arbitration proceedings in England was an abuse of discretion
• holding that 8 a stay pending final resolution of an international arbitration that had not begun in two years did 9 not constitute a stay of “reasonable duration”
• explaining that a stay “should 10 not be indefinite in nature” and “‘should not be granted unless it appears likely the other 11 proceedings will be concluded within a reasonable time.’” (quoting Leyva, 593 F.2d at 864)
• identifying the “general 6 principle that a district court possesses the inherent power to control its docket and promote 7 efficient use of judicial resources”
• identifying the “general 4 principle that a district court possesses the inherent power to control its docket and promote 5 efficient use of judicial resources”
• “being required to defend a suit [if the stay is lifted] does not 18 constitute a clear case of hardship or inequity”

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