context: However, whether a court has subject matter jurisdiction over a third-party or in this case, a fourth-party cause of action, is distinct from an assessment of the propriety and merits of an impleader action.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 866 F.Supp. 686, 686
citation_a.parenthetical: analyzing the propriety of a third-party action separately from the issue of subject matter jurisdiction over the third-party action
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Telecom International, 1999 WL 777954, at *4 (stating that “Rule 14(a) ... provides only the procedural mechanism for impleader; the substantive merit of the action depends on the federal or state theory of contribution, indemnity, or any other theory found in the third-party complaint”) (citation omitted); Van-Tulco, 866 F.Supp. at 686 (analyzing the propriety of a third-party action separately from the issue of subject matter jurisdiction over the third-party action); see also Providers Fidelity Life Ins. Co. v. Tidewater Group, Inc. (In re Tidewater Group, Inc.), 63 B.R. 670, 674 (Bankr.N.D.Ga. 1986) (stating that “whether or not [a party] was a proper party to implead has nothing to do with whether subject matter jurisdiction exists”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 63 B.R. 670, 674
citation_b.parenthetical: stating that "whether or not [a party] was a proper party to implead has nothing to do with whether subject matter jurisdiction exists"
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Telecom International, 1999 WL 777954, at *4 (stating that “Rule 14(a) ... provides only the procedural mechanism for impleader; the substantive merit of the action depends on the federal or state theory of contribution, indemnity, or any other theory found in the third-party complaint”) (citation omitted); Van-Tulco, 866 F.Supp. at 686 (analyzing the propriety of a third-party action separately from the issue of subject matter jurisdiction over the third-party action); see also Providers Fidelity Life Ins. Co. v. Tidewater Group, Inc. (In re Tidewater Group, Inc.), 63 B.R. 670, 674 (Bankr.N.D.Ga. 1986) (stating that “whether or not [a party] was a proper party to implead has nothing to do with whether subject matter jurisdiction exists”).