8. If defendants answer contains a counterclaim, must plaintiff assert a compulsory counterclaim to defendants counterclaim? Does

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8. If defendant’s answer contains a counterclaim, must plaintiff assert a compulsory counterclaim to defendant’s counterclaim? Does it matter whether defendant’s counterclaim is compulsory or permissive? Is a counterclaim to a counterclaim likely to be so confusing that it will prevent the orderly disposition of the case? Would it make any difference if plaintiff amended the complaint to include the claim rather than asserting it as a counterclaim? See Millar, Counterclaim Against Counterclaim, 48 Nw. U.L. Rev. 671, 690 (1954).

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Civil Procedure Cases And Materials

ISBN: 9780314280169

11th Edition

Authors: Jack Friedenthal, Arthur Miller, John Sexton, Helen Hershkoff

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