Legal Opinion
Directory International, Inc. v. Bates Manufacturing Co.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided October 20, 1988No. Civ. A. CA3-88-1552-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FITZWATER, District Judge.
The instant motion to dismiss, stay, or transfer this action requires the court to interpret the jurisdictional mandate of 28 U.S.C. § 1334(d) and to determine whether Fed.R.Civ.P. 13(a) commands that the instant suit be prosecuted as a counterclaim to a prior-filed action pending in another district.
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Defendant, The Bates Manufacturing Company (“Bates”), filed suit against plaintiff, Directory International, Inc. (“Directory”), in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Bates sought from Directory the contract amount…
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