Legal Opinion
Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1978No. 77-677PublishedCited by 2,487 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In an action in which federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, may the plaintiff assert a claim against a third-party defendant when there is no independent basis for federal jurisdiction over that claim? The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held in this case that such a claim is within the ancillary jurisdiction of the federal courts. We granted certiorari, 434 U. S. 1008, because this decision conflicts with several recent decisions of other Courts of Appeals.1
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On January 18, 1972, James Kroger was electrocuted when the boom of a steel crane next to which he was…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- American Fire & Casualty Co. v. FinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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