CHAVEZ v. DOLE FOOD CO., INC.

No. 13-4144.

796 F.3d 261 (2015)

Tobias Bermudez CHAVEZ, et al., v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., et al. Julio Abrego Abrego, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Alvarado Alfaro Miguel Francisco, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Jorge Luis Aguilar Mora, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Edwin Aguero Jimenez, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Gonzalez Araya Franklin, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Tobias Bermudez Chavez, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Hendler, Esq. , HendlerLaw, Austin, TX, Jonathan S. Massey, Esq. [Argued], Massey & Gail, Washington, DC, Michael L. Sensor, Esq. , Perry & Sensor, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellants.

Caitlin J. Halligan, Esq. [Argued], Gibson Dunn, New York, N.Y., Andrea E. Neuman, Esq. , Gibson Dunn, Irvine, CA, Somers S. Price, Jr., Esq. , Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE, William E. Thomson, III, Esq. , Gibson Dunn, Los Angeles, CA, Counsel for Appellees Dole Food Company, Inc., Dole Fresh Fruit, Standard Fruit Company, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company.

Michael L. Brem, Esq. , Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem, Houston, TX, Donald E. Reid, Esq. , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellee Dow Chemical Co.

Timothy J. Houseal, Esq. , Jennifer M. Kinkus, Esq. , Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, D. Ferguson McNiel, III, Esq. , Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Counsel for Appellee Occidental Chemical Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr., Esq. , Phillips, Goldman & Spence, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellee AMVAC Chemical Corporation.

Kelly E. Farnan, Esq. , Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellee Shell Oil Co.

Steven L. Caponi, Esq. [Argued], Blank Rome, Wilmington, DE, R. Jack Reynolds, Esq. , Samuel E. Stubbs, Esq. , Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman, Houston, TX, Counsel for Appellees Chiquita Brands International Inc., Chiquita Brands, LLC, Chiquita Fresh North America, LLC.

Boaz S. Morag, Esq. , Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, N.Y., James W. Semple, Esq. , Morris James, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Del Monte Fresh Produce NA, INC.

BEFORE: FUENTES, GREENAWAY, JR., and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

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The "first-filed rule" is a well-established policy of the federal courts that "[i]n all cases of concurrent jurisdiction, the court which first has possession of the subject must decide it." Smith v. McIver, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat) 532...

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