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· 3/7/1997

Northwest Forest Resource Council v. Michael Dombeck, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, and Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior

Citations

  • 107 F.3d 897
  • 323 U.S. App. D.C. 264
  • 27 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 21043
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 4002
  • 1997 WL 96528

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  • explaining that “we have sometimes held that comity may warrant dismissal of an action where there is a case pending in another jurisdiction involving the same parties, issues, and subject matter”
  • explaining that “we have sometimes held that comity may warrant dismissal of an action where there is a case pending in another jurisdiction involving the same parties, issues, and subject matter”
  • while the court of appeals in one circuit “owes no obedience” to the decisions of a court of appeals in another circuit, “it may find the reasons given for such a decision persuasive, or may be influenced by the accumulation of authority.”

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Judges: Edwards, Tatel, Wald

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