Legal Opinion
Feinstein v. Brown
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 11, 2004No. C.A. 03-436SPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
SMITH, District Judge.
The “first-filed rule” is an equitable doctrine of venue selection followed universal ly: “[w]here identical actions are proceeding concurrently in two federal courts ... the first filed action is generally preferred in a choice-of-venue decision.” Cianbro Corp. v. Curran-Lavoie, Inc., 814 F.2d 7, 11 (1st Cir.1987). This case tests the application of the rule to a scenario in which one party files a state court action that is subsequently removed to federal court, and the other party sues in a different federal court after the state action was filed,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coady v. Ashcraft & GerelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Cianbro Corporation v. Curran-Lavoie, Inc., D/B/A Kenneth E. Curran, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- 800-Flowers, Inc. v. Intercontinental Florist, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- TPM Holdings, Inc. v. Intra-Gold Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Affinity Memory & Micro, Inc. v. K & Q Enterprises, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
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- Atrion Networking Corp. v. Marble Play, LLCDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2014
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