Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
| Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger | |
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| Argued April 18, 1978 Decided June 21, 1978 | |
| Full case name | Owen Equipment & Erection Company v. Kroger, Administratrix |
| Citations | 437 U.S. 365 (more) 98 S. Ct. 2396; 57 L. Ed. 2d 274; 1978 U.S. LEXIS 114; 25 Fed. R. Serv. 2d (Callaghan) 554 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 558 F.2d 417 (8th Cir. 1977) (upholding verdict for plaintiff); cert. granted, 434 U.S. 1008 (1978). |
| Subsequent | Codified in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(b) |
| Holding | |
| The court did not have ancillary jurisdiction to hear respondent's new claim that would defeat complete diversity because the new claim was not sufficiently related to the original claim and the plaintiff chose to bring the action in federal court. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stewart, joined by Burger, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens |
| Dissent | White, joined by Brennan |
| Laws applied | |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1332 | |
Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger, 437 U.S. 365 (1978), is a case that was decided by the United States Supreme Court regarding the civil procedure subject of ancillary jurisdiction.