Cordero v. Voltaire, LLC
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
2013 WL 6415667 (2013)
Relevant factsFree
Laborers including Cordero (plaintiffs) sued their employer Voltaire (defendant) under the FLSA for unpaid overtime; Voltaire counterclaimed under state law that the plaintiffs fraudulently over-reported their hours, and separately that some plaintiffs stole company equipment (theft and conversion), and the plaintiffs moved to dismiss both sets of counterclaims as lacking independent federal jurisdiction.
IssueFree
Whether a federal court has jurisdiction over a permissive state law counterclaim if the claim is so related to a federal claim that it forms part of the same case or controversy.