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· 4/5/1979

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,780 Harold J. O'Brien v. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, a National Banking Association

Citations

  • 593 F.2d 54

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “[a]n alternative ground for decision” is not dicta
  • abuse of discretion to dismiss where the federal claims had not been insubstantial and the statute of limitations for filing in state court had run on the pendent claims
  • “plaintiffs should have been permitted to pursue their pendent state claims in the federal actions . when there [was] a substantial possibility that a subsequent state court suit on the claim [would] be time-barred.” Id. at 65

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Judges: Tone, Wood, Campbell

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