· 9/15/2006
GoldenTree Asset Management, L.P. v. Longaberger Co.
Citations
- 448 F. Supp. 2d 589
- 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66067
- 2006 WL 2663203
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- finding the fifth factor to slightly favor abstention where the proceedings involved only issues of state contract law
- dismissing on that basis where, as here, all applicable factors weighed in favor of dismissal except inconvenience of forum and assumption of jurisdiction over res; here there has been assumption of jurisdiction over insurance policy res in the state court action
- the “existence of nearly identical claims in two different suits results in needless duplication of proceedings and wasting of judicial resources”
- “The existence of nearly identical claims in two different suits results in needless duplication of proceedings . . . .”
- “The existence of nearly identical claims in two different suits results in needless duplication of proceedings and wasting of judicial resources”
- federal court in New York found convenience factor to be neutral and therefore weigh in favor of the exercise of federal jurisdiction where (i) defendant corporation had its principal place of business in Ohio, did not have a New York office, and most of its witnesses were in Ohio, (ii
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Judges: Swain
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