This would stand traditional legal procedures on their head. (See, Cunningham Bros. v Bail, 407 F.2d 1165 [7th Cir], cert denied 395 U.S. 959; Hutton Co. v Cook, 292 F. Supp. 409 [SD Tex 1968].) The alleged wrongdoers in this saga present themselves before this court in the guise of plaintiffs inviting the alleged victims to assert the claims that are the heart of the legal controversy in the form of counterclaims.