Agora Syndicate, Inc. v. Robinson Janitorial Specialists, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

Presently before the court are the motions of the plaintiff and of most of the defendants for summary judgment in this declaratory judgment action. The court takes up sua sponte the matter of whether, based upon the existence of a previously-filed parallel state court action, the court should abstain from hearing this cause. After due consideration, the court finds that the cause presently before the court serves no purpose beyond mere duplication of proceedings which may be properly presented to the state court in the parallel action. As such, this…