Legal Opinion
Lasa Per L'Industria Del Marmo Societa Per Azioni of Lasa v. Alexander
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1969No. Nos. 18454, 18455PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
It has been said that the doctrine of ancillary jurisdiction providing for joinder of claims in the federal courts is “the child of necessity and the sire of confusion.”1 The confusion in pleadings that can arise out of cross-claims, counterclaims and a third-party complaint, all involving the same construction project, is demonstrated by the present appeal.
*145The complicated procedural problems with which we are confronted arose out of the building of a new City Hall at Memphis, Tennessee.
The complaint was filed by an Italian corporation which had a contract with a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Blair v. Cleveland Twist Drill Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Glens Falls Indemnity Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Frommeyer v. L. & R. CONSTRUCTION CO.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1956
- United States ex rel. Claussen-Olson-Benner, Inc. v. Doolittle Construction, Inc.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1961
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