McWane Cast Iron Pipe Corp. v. McDowell-Wellman Engineering Co.

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• holding that the trial court abused it discretion in denying the stay of a Delaware action in view of the pendency of an earlier filed Alabama action
• noting that discretion should be exercised freely to dismiss or stay where there is a prior pending action.
• noting that McWane arose from appeal of a denial of forum non conveniens relief in an ongoing case
• deferring to plaintiff's initial choice of forum where the Delaware action is not the first filed
• setting forth a multi-factor test to determine if Delaware action should be dismissed or stayed in favor of first-filed litigation pending elsewhere
• noting the “duplication of time, effort, and expense” that occurs when the same action proceeds in two courts, wasting resources and risking inconsistent judgments

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