Financial General Bankshares, Inc. v. Eugene J. Metzger, Financial General Bankshares, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Eugene J. Metzger

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• holding that District Court abused its discretion in retaining jurisdiction over novel and unsettled local claims after dismissal of federal claims
• holding that district court “abused its discretion by failing to take into account the uncertainty of state law and by proceeding to trial on the' local claims after the dismissal of the federal claims”
• concluding that a district court “abused its discretion by failing to take into account the uncertainty of state law and by proceeding to trial on the local claims after the dismissal of the federal claims”
• \[A] federal court should be reluctant to retain pendent jurisdiction over a question for which state jurisprudence gives inadequate guidance.\
• “[A] federal court should be reluctant to retain pendent jurisdiction over a question for which state jurisprudence gives inadequate guidance.”
• when local law is “novel and unsettled,” comity may be decisive factor in the discretionary balance, weighed against considerations of judicial economy, convenience, and fairness to litigants

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