UNITED STATES v. MECCA EXPORT CORP.

Court No. 85-5-00691.

647 F.Supp. 924 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. MECCA EXPORT CORP. and Investors Insurance Company of America, Defendants and INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Third-Party Plaintiff v. MECCA EXPORT CORP., et al. Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

October 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ. Div. (Kenneth N. Wolf), New York City, for plaintiff.

Milton Reiss, New York City, for defendant Investors Ins. Co. of America and third-party plaintiff Investors Ins. Co. of America.

Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz & Silverman (Michael P. Maxwell), New York City, for third-party defendants Brach, Green, Fried and Granada Electronics, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

CARMAN, Judge:

The question before the Court is whether the Court may continue to hear a cross-claim or third-party claim where the main action is terminated on non-jurisdictional grounds, even if the cross-claim or third-party claim does not satisfy the requirement of Federal subject matter jurisdiction. The Court holds that it may.

Plaintiff, United States, moves to sever and redesignate the lead portion of this action as Court...

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