R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Star Scientific, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “One of the purposes of the ‘first-filed’ rule is to prevent a court from trenching on the authority of its sister court.”
• “One of the purposes of the ‘first-filed’ rule is to prevent a court from trenching on the authority of its sister court.”
• “In deciding to forego proceeding with an action because a more appropriate parallel action exists, a district court may dismiss, transfer, or stay the former action.”
• “In deciding to forego proceeding with an action because a more appropriate parallel action exists, a district court may dismiss, transfer, or stay the former action.”
• “In deciding to forego proceeding with an action because a more appropriate parallel action exists, a district court may dismiss, transfer, or stay the former action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).