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· 6/23/1945

Barrick v. South Chicago Coal & Dock Co.

Citations

  • 149 F.2d 960
  • 1945 U.S. App. LEXIS 3290

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that an “impleader action must be dependent on, or derivative of, the main . . . claim”
  • res judicata does not apply where a party attempted to litigate a claim but was denied a full and fair opportunity to do so
  • \It is well-settled that a third-party action for indemnification comes within a court's ancillary jurisdiction.\
  • “However, whether a court has subject matter jurisdiction over a third-party or in this case, a fourth-party cause of action, is distinct from an assessment of the propriety and merits of an impleader action.”

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Judges: Major, Min, Sparks, Ton

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