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FINANCIAL GENERAL BANKSHARES, INC. v. METZGER

Nos. 81-1968, 81-1999.

680 F.2d 768 (1982)

FINANCIAL GENERAL BANKSHARES, INC. v. Eugene J. METZGER, Appellant. FINANCIAL GENERAL BANKSHARES, INC., Cross-Appellant v. Eugene J. METZGER.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Weinberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert C. Post, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Eugene J. Metzger, appellant in No. 81-1968 and cross-appellee in No. 81-1999.

Edwin E. McAmis, New York City, with whom Douglas M. Kraus and Erskine D. Henderson, New York City, were on the brief, for Financial General Bankshares, Inc., appellee in No. 81-1968 and cross-appellant in No. 81-1999.

Before WRIGHT, MacKINNON, and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

When substantial federal questions are presented in the District Court, that court may in its discretion exercise pendent jurisdiction over state claims arising out of the same nucleus of operative fact. Considerations of economy, convenience, and fairness may favor the exercise of jurisdiction; on the other hand, principles of comity and the desirability of "a...

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