Under Rule 13(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), entitled "Compulsory Counterclaim," the defendant must plead a counterclaim that arises out of the same "transaction or occurrence" as ...

Ronald Rotunda (Chapman University) has posted Stern v. Marshall, and the Power of Bankrupcty Courts to Issue Final Orders On All Compulsory Counterclaims to SSRN. Article III of the Constitution ...

In his New York Practice column, Patrick M. Connors writes that a plaintiff might elect to sue in a federal court hoping to compel the defendant to interpose as a counterclaim any claim arising out of ...