Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. University of Pennsylvania. Appeal of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1988-08-26

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OPINION OF THE COURT SCIRICA, Circuit Judge. Nearly fifty years ago, this court adopted what has become known as the “first-filed” rule. We concluded that “[i]n all cases of federal concurrent jurisdiction, the court which first has possession of the subject must decide it.” Crosley Corp. v. Hazeltine Corp., <span class="citation"…

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