Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1978-06-21

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*367 Me. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. 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…

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