Legal Opinion
Mattel, Inc. v. Louis Marx & Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 1965No. 29719_1PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge:
The issue on this appeal is whether the District Court for- the Southern District of New York erred in granting plaintiff’s motion to stay an action pending in the District Court for the District of New Jersey between the same parties in what we find to be the same controversy. We conclude that, because the New Jersey suit was the one first filed and because there are no overriding reasons why the Southern District suit should first proceed to trial, the order of the district court should be reversed and the Southern District should stay the action there pending and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Rayco Manufacturing Co. v. Chicopee Manufacturing Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Ronson Art Metal Works, Inc. v. Brown & BigelowDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
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