• One of the most important factors considered is whether hearing the claims together would promote judicial economy and efficiency. Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 776; Set-off and Counterclaim 60.C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim §§ 102–103.]
logical relationship standard
Civil procedure. A test applied to determine whether a defendant’s counterclaim is compulsory, by examining whether both claims are based on the same operative facts or whether those facts activate additional rights, otherwise dormant, for the defendant.