COLLEGIATE LICENSING CO. v. AMERICAN CAS. CO.

No. 12-10673.

713 F.3d 71 (2013)

COLLEGIATE LICENSING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN CASUALTY CO. OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, Great Divide Insurance Company, Allied World National Assurance Company, Continental Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent William Brougher , Ellen Parker McCarley , Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jack Roy Reiter , Carlton Fields, PA, Miami, FL, Brooke Lewis French , David M. Leonard , Christy L. MacPherson , Carlton Fields, PA, Philip Wade Savrin , Seth Freeman Kirby , Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP, Anne M. Landrum , Ruth M. Pawlak , Wayne D. Taylor , Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Eldon S. Edson , Jan L. Pocaterra , Neil H. Selman , Selman Breitman , Los Angeles, CA, Laura Jane Ruettgers , Mary P. McCurdy , McCurdy & Fuller LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before MARCUS and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and SCRIVEN, District Judge.


SCRIVEN, District Judge:

This appeal arises from the grant of an injunction by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia that enjoined Appellants, pursuant to the first-filed rule, from proceeding with intervention complaints filed in a pending lawsuit in California. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the Georgia district court's decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellee, Collegiate Licensing Company ("CLC") is a licensing...

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