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· 12/19/1984

United States of America and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States of America v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Citations

  • 751 F.2d 220
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 15791

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  • primary jurisdiction \should seldom be invoked unless a factual question requires both expert consideration and uniformity of resolution\
  • “[A] court ‘should be reluctant to invoke the doctrine of primary jurisdiction, which often, but not always, results in added expense and delay to the litigants where the nature of the action deems the application of the doctrine inappropriate.’ ”

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Judges: Lay, Gibson, Fagg

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