A Defendant May Make a Counterclaim Against the Plaintiff

question 398

Multiple Choice

A defendant may make a counterclaim against the plaintiff:

• A) based on the same events the plaintiff bases the complaint on
• B) only if it involves different events than those the plaintiff bases the complaint on
• C) only if the plaintiff agrees
• D) only if the court doubts the plaintiff
• E) none of the other choices are correct

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Definitions:

Upward-Sloping

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Diseconomies of Scale

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Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that as additional units of a variable input are added to a fixed input, the additional output produced from each new unit will eventually decrease.

Normal Profit

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