Free MEMORANDUM in Support - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-00910-GIVIS Document 104-5 Filed 12/16/2005 Page 1 013

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRECT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
Tl~lCl COMPANY, LLC, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v.. ) C Ai No. 04-367 (GMS)
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ABE. BRIARWOOD CORP , )
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Defendant. )
ORDER
WHEREAS the Defendant in the abovecaptioned action filed a motion to dismiss t e
Plaintif`§“’s compiaint based, in part, on the Plaintii`i”s alleged failure to comply wth
Fed R Civ P i3(a)(D.l. 5at.3—¤i); 1
WHEREAS "ilie objective of Rule l.3(a) is to promote judicial economy, so the te i
`il`l.11TS21Cl[iO¥] or occurrence’ is construed generously to further tiiis purposi-t:," Trnn.snn1ei·`£ cz
Occidental [J2 Ins. C0 v Aviation O_}§*?ee ofxlnz., Inc., 292 F.3d .384, 390 (3d Cir. 2002);
WHEREAS "{f]or a claim to qualify as a compuisory counterclaim, there need not be prec se
identity of issues and facts between the claim and the counterciainig rather, the relevant inquit is
wliether the counterclaim bears a logical relationship to an opposing party‘s claim," id. at 3 9
(citations omiited);
WHEREAS the Plainti ffexplicitiy acknowledges the logical relationship between the claii s
in ihe present case and the so—called "l\/iissouri Complaint" previously filed by the Defendant a id
subsequently transferred to this court (D l. 7 at 3); and
WHEREAS the appropriate remedy for failure to comply with Ruie l3(a) is dismissal un er
Rule l2(b)(6),see /v/BIA Ins Corp. v. Royallndem. C0., 294 F. Supp. 2d 606, 6i.3 (D. Dei. Mar. . i,
2003). I
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IT ES HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
li The Dcfendunfs motion to dismiss (DI. 5) be GRANTED wiihoui prejudice as to the
Piz1intiff"s ability to reinstate its claims as counterclaims in 1he"Missouri Complaim;" md
2 The P§ainziff"s motion ao consolidate (DML 8) be DENIED as moot.
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Datecl: September ig, 2005 gx:/L ’i s ·/, K ·
UNI E ST ESD1STR1, JUDJ
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