Commonwealth Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. First National Bank

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

VanARTSDALEN, District Judge.

This is an action of statutory interpleader joining fifteen potential adverse claimants to the sum of $19,654.24 held by plaintiff. Jurisdiction is alleged under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1397. Defendant, New Jersey State Employment Security Agency (ESA), a division of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, has asserted a counterclaim against the plaintiff in the amount of $30,-675.19 plus interest.

ESA has also filed, pursuant to Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P., a motion for summary judgment on both the claim…