United States Ninth Circuit

In an action brought by a law firm, under section 9607(a)(3) of the California Commercial Code alleging it was entitled to payments defendant owed to a third party, the district court's order staying the proceedings under the first-to-file rule is affirmed where: 1) a Mississippi interpleader action was a previously filed lawsuit involving substantially similar parties and issues where the Mississippi action was filed first; 2) the present case involved substantially similar issues as the Mississippi action; and 3) the present case involved the issue to be determined in the Mississippi action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2015
• Published 06/04/2015

Judges

• MELLOY

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel