Marvin F. Tyrer v. City of South Beloit, Illinois

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “what is required is a carefully considered judgment taking into account both the obligation to exercise jurisdiction and the combination of factors counseling against that exercise”
• affirming district court's abstention when exceptional circumstances included (1) the risk of piecemeal litigation, and (2) the fact that more progress had been made in state court proceeding
• court must determine whether the suits “involve the same parties, arise out of the same facts and raise similar factual and legal issues”
• federal claims do not weigh in favor of abstention where plaintiff \chose to bring his federal claims first in a state forum\
• “the possibility exists that one court, unaware that the other court has already ruled, will resolve an issue differently and create a conflict between the two forums”

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