41 Cited authorities

Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.
424 U.S. 800 (1976) Cited 8,182 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court
The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.
407 U.S. 1 (1972) Cited 4,534 times 41 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts should enforce a choice-of-law clause when it is part of a "freely negotiated private international agreement"
Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
330 U.S. 501 (1947) Cited 5,600 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that private interest factors include the "availability of compulsory process for attendance of un-willing, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses"
Landis v. North American Co.
299 U.S. 248 (1936) Cited 8,263 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that a decision to stay proceedings "calls for the exercise of judgment, which must weigh competing interests and maintain an even balance"
Brillhart v. Excess Ins. Co.
316 U.S. 491 (1942) Cited 2,859 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding federal courts "under no compulsion" to exercise jurisdiction over suits under Declaratory Judgments Act
Kerotest Mfg. Co. v. C-O-Two Co.
342 U.S. 180 (1952) Cited 1,152 times 1 Legal Analyses
Upholding stay
Direx Israel, Ltd. v. Breakthrough Med. Corp.
952 F.2d 802 (4th Cir. 1991) Cited 941 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court will not grant a preliminary injunction unless the plaintiff first makes a "clear showing" that he will suffer irreparable injury without it, and that the harm "must be neither remote nor speculative, but actual and imminent"
Burger King Corporation v. Weaver
169 F.3d 1310 (11th Cir. 1999) Cited 680 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that amendment to add bad faith refusal to renew claim was futile when court had already decided on summary judgment that refusal to renew was justified
Blackwelder Furn. Co., Etc. v. Seilig Mfg. Co.
550 F.2d 189 (4th Cir. 1977) Cited 937 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that "if a decided imbalance of hardship should appear in plaintiff's favor, then the likelihood-of-success test is displaced by Judge Jerome Frank's famous formulation. . . ."
Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Corp.
308 U.S. 165 (1939) Cited 727 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that venue is non-jurisdictional and can be waived
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 345,529 times 922 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 8.01-249 - When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions
Va. Code § 8.01-249 Cited 62 times
Stating that the cause of action for contribution or for indemnification accrues "when the contributee or the indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation"

Noell Crane Systems GmbH v. Noell Crane and Service, Inc.

41 Cited authorities

Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court

Holding that courts should enforce a choice-of-law clause when it is part of a "freely negotiated private international agreement"

Holding that private interest factors include the "availability of compulsory process for attendance of un-willing, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses"

Holding that a decision to stay proceedings "calls for the exercise of judgment, which must weigh competing interests and maintain an even balance"

Holding federal courts "under no compulsion" to exercise jurisdiction over suits under Declaratory Judgments Act

Upholding stay

Holding that a court will not grant a preliminary injunction unless the plaintiff first makes a "clear showing" that he will suffer irreparable injury without it, and that the harm "must be neither remote nor speculative, but actual and imminent"

Holding that amendment to add bad faith refusal to renew claim was futile when court had already decided on summary judgment that refusal to renew was justified

Holding that "if a decided imbalance of hardship should appear in plaintiff's favor, then the likelihood-of-success test is displaced by Judge Jerome Frank's famous formulation. . . ."

Holding that venue is non-jurisdictional and can be waived

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Stating that the cause of action for contribution or for indemnification accrues "when the contributee or the indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation"