Research Automation, Inc. v. Schrader-Bridgeport International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that filing order of related suits in different districts is “only one factor among many” in determining whether to transfer a case
• explaining that an action seeking coercive relief may receive priority over an earlier-filed mirror-image declaratory-judgment action
• stating that courts have “departed from a first-to-file rule where one party files its lawsuit in anticipation of an impending suit by the opposing party”
• noting that determining which case should proceed should not involve a “mechanical” application of the first-filed rule
• determining that “certain behavior may count against a plaintiff’s choice of forum, such as where there is evidence of forum-shopping or bad faith by a litigant”
• determining that “certain behavior may count against a plaintiff’s choice of forum, such as where there is evidence of forum-shopping or bad faith by a litigant”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).