Legal Opinion
Balbir Brar Associates, Inc. v. Consolidated Trading & Services Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 1, 1996No. Record 960014PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
In this appeal, we consider whether Fed.R.Civ.P. 13(a) bars a litigant who failed to assert a counterclaim in a federal proceeding from pursuing its claims in a state: proceeding.
The following allegations of fact were considered by the trial court. In 1988, Brar Associates-McLean Limited Partnership began the development of the Mayfair of McLean project, a luxury townhouse community. During 1991 and 1992, Balbir S. Brar, president of Balbir Brar Associates, Inc., a Virginia corporation, sought investors to complete the project. In January 1992, Loran M. Adams, president of Atwood Development…
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