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FEINSTEIN v. BROWN

No. C.A. 03-436S.

304 F.Supp.2d 279 (2004)

Alan Shawn FEINSTEIN, Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation, and The Feinstein Foundation, Plaintiffs, v. J. LARRY BROWN, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

February 11, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Morse, Esq., Law Office of Mark B. Morse, Providence, RI, for plaintiffs.

Brooks R. Magratten, Esq., Vetter & White, Incorporated, Providence, RI, John H. Henn, Esq., Foley Hoag, LLP, Boston, MA, for defendant.

DECISION AND ORDER

SMITH, District Judge.

The "first-filed rule" is an equitable doctrine of venue selection followed universally: "[w]here identical actions are proceeding concurrently in two federal courts ... the first filed action is generally preferred in a choice-of-venue decision." Cianbro Corp. v. Curran-Lavoie, Inc., 814 F.2d 7, 11 (1st Cir.1987). This...

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