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AMCO CONST. CO. v. MISSISSIPPI STATE BLDG. COM'N

No. 79-1439 Summary Calendar.

602 F.2d 730 (1979)

AMCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE BUILDING COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Reynolds, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Henry T. Wingate, H. L. B. Foote, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Amco Construction Company, Inc. appeals the District Court's dismissal of its cross claim for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm because we are convinced that the District Court was correct to conclude that this cross claim bore an insufficient relationship with the original claim to warrant application of the doctrine of ancillary jurisdiction.

The genesis of this complex litigation was in two contracts entered into between the...

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