Nguyen v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• interpreting Rossi as allowing the so-called surgical approach but not requiring it
• finding parallel litigation where \the overarching issue in both cases is the rights and obligations of the parties under the [licensing agreement] and the companies with a stake in the outcome of the dispute are parties to both actions\
• finding parallel litigation where “the overarching issue in both cases is the rights and obligations of the parties under the [licensing agreement] and the companies with a stake in the outcome of the dispute are parties to both actions”
• fourth factor favors stay because state court action was filed first and has progressed further
• “[T]he ‘crevice’ in federal jurisdiction carved out by [Colorado River] is a narrow one,” and must be exercised “sparingly and approached with great caution[.]”
• first factor is neutral because neither state nor federal action involves comprehensive disposition of rights in particular piece of property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).