Laszlo Adam, Dennis W. Brush, Michael J. Connelly, Jack Weinstein, Marcel Fournier, William S. Kingson v. Eli S. Jacobs

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• finding that “[t]he decision whether or not to stay or dismiss a proceeding rests within a district judge’s discretion”
• finding that “[t]he decision whether or not to stay or dismiss a proceeding rests within a district judge’s discretion”
• explaining that the decision whether to grant a stay is left to the court’s discretion
• applying the first-filed rule where “the second suit clearly relates to the same transaction as the first”
• applying the first-filed rule even where one action involved claims related to guarantees and the other involved claims related to a merger agreement
• applying the first-filed rule even where one action involved claims related to guarantees and the other involved claims related to a merger agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).