Legal Opinion
Jiménez v. Rodríguez-Pagán
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 1, 2010No. 09-1135PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This case calls on us to navigate the turbulent waters of Colorado River abstention. That doctrine, established in Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 96 S.Ct. 1236, 47 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976), allows federal courts in limited instances to stay or dismiss proceedings that overlap with concurrent litigation in state court.
*22The plaintiffs here originally sued in federal district court, asserting diversity jurisdiction. They later commenced an identical action in a Puerto Rico Commonwealth court during what they considered to be a…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- McClellan v. CarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Marshall v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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