Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Frank Ragonese, D/B/A Square Construction Company and La Fera Contracting Company

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• noting that “Considerations of comity and orderly administration of justice dictate that two courts of equal authority should not hear the same case simultaneously.”
• affirming dismissal of a second-filed action to enforce a contract where the court of the first-filed action was \capable of making [a] determination\ regarding the contract's interpretation
• affirming dismissal of a second-filed action to enforce a contract where the court of the first- filed action was “capable of making [a] determination” regarding the contract’s interpretation
• noting rule in this Circuit that, “[w]here two cases between the same parties on the same cause of action are commenced in two different Federal courts, the one which is commenced first is to be allowed to proceed to its conclusion first”

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