Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that when pending cases are not parallel, “the district court lacks the power to abstain.”
• noting that if the state and federal cases are not parallel, “the district court lacks the power to abstain”
• noting that the adequacy of the state forum is normally relevant only when it would disfavor abstention
• noting that “[a]lthough it is possible that some case could involve a skein of state law so intricate and unsettled that resolution in the state courts might be more appropriate, traditional negligence law does not fit that description”
• observing “this factor is normally relevant only when the state forum is in adequate”
• describing element as whether either court has assumed in rem jurisdiction over property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).