Legal Opinion
Seymour M. Chase v. Pan-Pacific Broadcasting, Inc. Miko Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 18, 1984No. 83-2329PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
We review in this interlocutory appeal, taken pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1982), the district court’s determination that a defendant who interposes a counterclaim thereby waives a simultaneously asserted personal, jurisdiction defense. We reverse the district court’s order. The holding that a defendant may not state in an answer both a jurisdictional defense and a counterclaim is inconsistent with the design and purpose of the pleading prescriptions set out in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Orange Theatre Corp. v. Rayherstz Amusement Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Merchants Heat & Light Co. v. J. B. Clow & SonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- David Neifeld v. Meyer Steinberg. David Neifeld v. Meyer SteinbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- In re Arthur Treacher's Franchisee LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Rates Technology, Inc. v. Nortel Networks Corp.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Gordon v. HuntDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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