Harris County v. Luna-Prudencio

How courts have described this case

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• holding that meaning of “germane to” is “not narrower in scope than the test for a compulsory counterclaim,” discussing elements of compulsory counterclaim, and stating that “[c]ompulso-ry counterclaim is germane to the opponents claim by its very nature”
• stating that intervenor need not secure trial court’s permission to intervene; rather, party opposing intervention has burden to challenge it by a motion to strike
• providing that if jurisdictional challenge implicates merits of plaintiff’s cause of action and includes evidence, trial court must review evidence to determine if fact issue exists

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).