Noma Electric Corp. v. Polaroid Corp.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This is a motion by the plaintiffs to dismiss a counterclaim pleaded by the defendant, Polaroid Corporation. The action was commenced by plaintiffs in the Supreme Court of New York and removed to this court by defendant. The plaintiffs ask for dismissal of the counterclaim on the ground that it alleges a cause of action of which the state court had no jurisdiction; therefore as the jurisdiction of this court in the suit at bar is derivative only, this court lacks jurisdiction of the counterclaim.

The counterclaim prays for an injunction restraining the plaintiffs from…