AllTech Communications, LLC v. Brothers
United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
601 F. Supp. 2d 1255 (N.D. Okla. 2008)
Relevant factsFree
AllTech (plaintiff) sued Brothers (defendant), its former COO, for misappropriating confidential information after he left for a competitor; Brothers, in turn, tried to implead AllTech's own officers (the Langholzes), alleging their prior breaches of fiduciary duty and other misconduct had driven him to resign, though he didn't claim they forced him to misappropriate AllTech's information.
IssueFree
Whether a defendant in federal court may implead a third party when the claims against that third party are not derivative of or dependent on the main claims against the defendant.
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