Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc. v. Maryland’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 11 district ·

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the subject matter of the litigation involves property where the first court may assume in rem jurisdiction to the exclusion of others; (2) whether the federal forum is an inconvenient one; (3) the desirability of avoiding piecemeal litigation; (4) the relevant order in which the courts obtained jurisdiction and the progress achieved in each action; (5) whether state law or federal law provides the rule of decision on the merits; and (6) the adequacy of the state proceeding to protect the parties’ rights.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. VonRosenberg v. Lawrence · Taylor v. Bettis

2. “is not to find some substantial reason for the exercise of federal jurisdiction by the district court; rather, the task is to ascertain whether there exist `exceptional' circumstances, the `clearest of justifications,' . . . to justify the surrender of that jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Great American Insurance v. Gross

3. “[d]espite what may appear to result in a duplication of judicial resources, `[t]he rule is well recognized that the pendency of an action in the state [system] is no bar to proceedings concerning the same matter in the Federal court having jurisdiction.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Great American Insurance v. Gross