Carter Ray Scott v. William Carlton Fancher

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• holding that ancillary jurisdiction over a crossclaim between the two Oklahoma defendants was proper where the plaintiff was a citizen of Texas
• “By definition cross-claims must be closely related to the existing action. Thus they are always treated as within the ancillary jurisdiction of the court, and independent jurisdictional grounds are not required nor can there be any venue objection.”
• “By definition cross-claims must be closely related to the existing action. Thus they are always treated as within the ancillary jurisdiction of the court, and independent jurisdictional grounds are not required nor can there be any venue objection.”

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