Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis Incorporated v. Malon S. Andrus, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• granting stay where defendants were under indictment and where stay was requested by district attorney
• “[A] policy of freely granting stays solely because a litigant is defending simultaneous multiple suits would threaten to become a constant source of delay and an interference with judicial administration.”
• “That defendant’s conduct also resulted in a criminal charge against him should not be availed of by him as a shield against a civil suit and prevent plaintiff from expeditiously advancing its claim.”
• “That defendant’s conduct also resulted in a criminal charge against him should not be availed of by him as a shield against a civil suit and prevent plaintiff from expeditiously advancing its claim.”
• “That defendant’s conduct also resulted in a criminal charge against him should not be availed of by him as a shield against a civil suit and prevent plaintiff from expeditiously advancing its claim.”
• court rejected defendants’ argument of limited financial resources

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).