pendent party jurisdiction
- A type of extended authority that permits a federal court to consider a claim under state law brought against a third party within a case that is originally under its jurisdiction
- In the complicated contractual dispute, the federal court could apply pendent party jurisdiction and rule on the state law claim besides the federal issues.
- Due to the power of pendent party jurisdiction, the federal court was able to interpret and make a ruling on state law issues involved in the case they were initially presiding over.
- The pendent party jurisdiction allowed the federal court to handle the state law claim against the third defendant in the ongoing federal case.
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