Legal Opinion
Carnation Company v. T.U. Parks Construction Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1987No. 86-5237PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents two questions. The first is whether, in a diversity case, a claim is barred in federal district court if it would be barred by the state’s compulsory counterclaim rule if asserted in a state court of the state in which the district court sits. If the answer to this question is that the claim would be barred in federal court, the second question is whether this appellant’s claim would be barred by the state’s compulsory counterclaim rule if asserted in a Tennessee court. The district court answered both questions in the affirmative and…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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