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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 122 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from William S. Manuel v. Convergys Corporation.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William S. Manuel v. Convergys Corporation Anchor | green | “where two actions involving overlapping issues and parties are pending in two federal courts, there is a strong presumption across the federal circuits that favors the forum of the first-filed suit under the first-filed rule.” | 55 |
| 2 | William S. Manuel v. Convergys Corporation | green | “the party objecting to jurisdiction in the first-filed forum carries the burden of proving 'compelling circumstances' to warrant an exception to the first-filed rule.” | 31 |
| 3 | Collegiate Licensing Company v. American Casualty Co. of Reading Pennsylvania | green | “the first-filed rule provides that when parties have instituted competing or parallel litigation in separate courts, the court initially seized of the controversy should hear the case.” | 25 |
| 4 | Allstate Insurance v. Clohessy | green | “the primary purpose of the rule is to conserve judicial resources and avoid conflicting rulings.” | 6 |
| 5 | Collegiate Licensing Company v. American Casualty Co. of Reading Pennsylvania | green | “a first-filed analysis looks to the character of the suits and the parties to the suits, not simply to the similarity of issues without regard to the identity of the parties asserting them and their asserted rights as presented in the initial lawsuit.” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.