Legal Opinion
Voktas, Inc. v. Central Soya Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1982No. 81-2634PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
This appeal concerns the power of a federal district court to stay proceedings during the pendency of a state court action. In Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 817, 96 S.Ct. 1236, 1246, 47 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976), the Supreme Court noted “the virtually unflagging obligation of the federal courts to exercise the jurisdiction given them,” but the Court also recognized an exception to this rule based “on considerations of ‘[w]ise judicial administration, giving regard to conservation of judicial resources and comprehensive…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Will v. Calvert Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Calvert Fire Insurance Company v. American Mutual Reinsurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Microsoftware Computer Systems, Inc. v. Ontel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Calvert Fire Insurance Company v. WillCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Jean Hayes and Citizens National Bank v. Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Banker v. Time Chemical, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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