The Cadle Company v. Whataburger of Alice, Inc. M. Louise Andrews Kathy A. Reese Herbert E. Pounds, Jr. George P. Braun and Joe Alvin Andrews, Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1999-05-07

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LITTLE, District Judge: The Cadle Company (“Cadle”) appeals the district court’s decision to dismiss its RICO and state law claims under the “first-to-file” rule. Cadle argues that the district court should have applied the rule only if it first determined that the first-filed court’s jurisdiction was proper, and erred by failing to do so in this case. Cadle argues in the altern…

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