Elizabeth Forsling Harris v. Gloria Steinem, Patricia Carbine and Ms. Magazine Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• “[T]he predominance of difficult state law issues as outlined above would justify dismissal of such jurisdiction as a matter of discretion.”
• court must determine whether “essential facts of the various claims are so logically connected that considerations of judicial economy and fairness dictate that the issues be resolved in one lawsuit”
• “a compulsory counterclaim, unless specifically excepted, must be pleaded or be forever barred”
• “[N]o independent basis of federal jurisdiction is needed for the court to adjudicate the ancillary issues thus raised [by a compulsory counterclaim], if the main claim itself presents a colorable federal issue.”
• “(a) claim in the nature of malicious prosecution, which arises out of the bringing of the main action, generally cannot be asserted either as a compulsory or a permissive counterclaim, since such a claim is premature prior to the determination of the main action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).