United States Second Circuit

CONOPCO, INC. v. ROLL INTERNATIONAL, 00-7012

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Federal courts sitting in diversity are not required to apply Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a) to determine whether a party cannot raise a claim that should have been raised as a compulsory counterclaim in a prior state proceeding.

Appellate Information

Decided 11/03/2000
Published 11/06/2000

Judges

Before: McLAUGHLIN, PARKER, Circuit Judges, and DORSEY, District Judge.

Court

United States Second Circuit

Counsel

For Appellant:
Robert F. Serio,Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Thomas C. Sheehan, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

For Appellees:
Andrew S. Clare, Loeb & Loeb, LLP, Los Angeles, CA (Lawrence B. Gutcho, of counsel, P. Gregory Schwed and Maria L. Zanfini, Loeb & Loeb, New York, NY, of counsel, Hillel Chodos, Los Angeles, CA, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.