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· 1/16/1990

In re the Welfare of BMC

Citations

  • 56 Wash. App. 1048
  • 1990 Wash. App. LEXIS 1055

How courts have described this case

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

  • \Suits are parallel when substantially the same parties are contemporaneously litigating substantially the same issue in another forum.\ (quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • the two claims involved distinctly different facts and applicable law, and thus were not parallel
  • the two claims involved distinctly different facts and applicable law, and thus were not parallel
  • “[A] finding that the concurrent proceedings are ‘parallel’ is a necessary prerequisite to abstention under Colorado River.”
  • “[A] finding that the concurrent proceedings are ‘parallel’ is a necessary prerequisite to abstention under Colorado River.”
  • “Suits are parallel when substantially the same parties are contemporaneously litigating substantially the same issue in another forum.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)

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