Ross v. Cundiff

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant committed wire fraud by making misrepresentations directly to plaintiff’s business partners resulting in “lost contracts, loans, and leases,” rather than waging broader reputational battle
• finding that “even the absence of federal issues does not strongly advise dismissal, unless the state law issues are novel or particularly complex.” (internal quotation marks and quotation omitted)
• concluding federal and state actions that \shared . . . factual allegations\ were not parallel where the federal action contained numerous federal law claims not included in the state court action
• weighing this factor as against abstention when the case involves federal claims and not complex state law claims, such as breach of contract claims
• finding claims to be substantially different but noting that “corporate entities owned and operated by [each other]” could be substantially similar parties
• dismissing claim that a defendant “conspired to steal the Stolen Trade Secrets” and “effected the scheme through [another individual]” as conclusory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).