Legal Opinion
Fischer & Porter Co. v. Moorco International Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 25, 1994No. Civ. A. 94-4432PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Background
Defendant (“Moorco”) filed motions to dismiss the declaratory judgment and the tortious interference counts and to stay or transfer the defamation count of plaintiffs’ complaint. I must decide the following issues: 1) whether a plaintiff who has filed an action for declaratory judgment in a state with substantial contacts to the transaction and whose law is applicable under the terms of the contract falls within the “exceptional circumstances” exception to the first-filed rule; I find that such a plaintiff does not fall within the exception…
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