E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether a Sherman Act antitrust claim is a compulsory counterclaim in a patent infringement action. The district court concluded that the claim was a compulsory counterclaim and held that, because it was not raised in the prior infringement action, it was barred by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 13(a). The district court, therefore, dismissed the antitrust complaint, and Tank Insulation International...
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