Teleconference Systems v. Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• precluding that grant of the customer-suit exception because one co-defendant, later joined to the suit, did not agree to be bound by a declaratory judgment ruling
• “When this situation arises, the manufacturer should be permitted to prosecute its declaratory judgment action elsewhere to protect itself and its clients.”
• “The customer suit exception is applicable when the first suit is brought against the customer in a district where the manufacturer cannot be joined as a defendant.”
• “Issues raised for the first time in a reply brief should not be heard.” (citing Laborers’ Int’l Union of N. Am., AFL- CIO, 26 F.3d at 398)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).