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· 2/23/1983

Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.

Citations

  • 460 U.S. 1
  • 103 S. Ct. 927
  • 74 L. Ed. 2d 765
  • 1983 U.S. LEXIS 17
  • 51 U.S.L.W. 4156

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  • holding that Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance did not overrule the “Colorado River test” because Will’s four dissenting Justices agreed with the concurring opinion that the test remained in effect
  • underscoring that “the decision to 25 invoke Colorado River necessarily contemplates that the federal 26 court will have nothing further to do in resolving any 27 substantive part of the [federal] case, whether it stays or 28 dismisses.”

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Judges: Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, Rehnquist, Burger, O'Connor

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