WESLEY, Circuit Judge: This appeal requires us to decide whether the “special circumstances” exception to the first-filed rule applies to a declaratory judgment action filed in the absence of a direct threat of litigation in a forum with at least some ties to the litigation. We hold that it does not, and reverse the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern D…
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