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Passenger, a citizen of State P, was injured when Driver, a
citizen of State D, lost control of a bus maintained by
Busco, a firm incorporated in State B and having its
principal place of business in State D. In State P federal
district court, Passenger asserted a claim against Driver
for negligent operation of the vehicle and sought damages
in the sum of $100,000. Driver responded by asserting a
claim in impleader against Busco and demanding
contribution in the sum of $50,000 for negligent
maintenance of the vehicle.
If Busco responds by moving to dismiss Driver's claim in
impleader for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, then
Busco's motion should be - Answer-(a) Denied, because
Driver's claim in impleader against Busco arises out of the
same transaction or occurrence that gave rise to
Passenger's claim against Driver.
Don, who resides in the Northern District of Texas, and
Dulcinea, who resides in the Southern District of Texas,
infringed a copyright interest held by Panza, who resides
in the District of New Mexico, by copying and selling one
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of Panza's literary works in the District of New Mexico
without his permission. In response, Panza brought an
action for copyright infringement against Don and Dulcinea
in United States District Court for the District of New
Mexico. If Don and Dulcinea move to dismiss the action
due to improper venue, then the motion should be -- -
Answer-(d) Denied, because under 28 U.S.C. § 1391,
venue is permitted in any district where a substantial part
of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim
occurred.
Texco, a Texas corporation, and Norco, a Norwegian
corporation, entered into a project agreement with German
Inc., a German corporation, for the purpose of developing
certain underwater petroleum reserves controlled by
German Inc. in Europe's North Sea. In exchange for
investing in the project, Texco and Norco were each
promised premium prices for, and free pipeline
transportation of, North Sea petroleum extracted by
German Inc. After the reserves were developed, however,
German Inc. barred both Texco and Norco from either
buying petroleum at premium prices or transporting North
Sea petroleum by pipeline for free.