United States Ninth Circuit

In a consolidated action, a party cannot avail itself of the court's jurisdiction, bringing claims which mandate the filing of counterclaims, then attack personal jurisdiction when judgment is entered against it on those counterclaims, even if those counterclaims are not so denominated.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/01/2002
• Decided 09/05/2002
• Published 09/05/2002

Judges

• SHEA, District Judge., Before: FERNANDEZ and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SHEA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Scott Warmuth and William L. Niu, Warmuth and Niu, Monterey Park, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Michael D. Morin and Margaret Egler, Margolis & Morin, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.