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Heiser Vs. Woodruff

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 22, 1946

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  1. Holmberg Vs. Armbrecht US Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1946
  2. Deitrick Vs. Greaney US Supreme Court · Feb 12, 1940
  3. Helvering Vs. Stuart US Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1942
  4. Pepper Vs. Litton US Supreme Court · Dec 04, 1939
  5. Prudence Realization Corp. Vs. Geist US Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1942
  6. American Surety Co. Vs. Sampsell US Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1946
  7. Guaranty Trust Co. Vs. York US Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1945
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  8. United States Vs. Pelzer US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1941
  9. Local Loan Co. Vs. Hunt US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1934
  10. Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. Vs. Adkins US Supreme Court · May 20, 1940
  11. Stoll Vs. Gottlieb US Supreme Court · Nov 21, 1938
  12. U.S. 726 (1946) U.S. Supreme Court Heiser v. Woodruff
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  13. U.S. 726 (1946) Heiser v. Woodruff
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  14. in the previous litigation, the allegations of fraud were not supported by tender of evidence or other proof. Pepper v. Litton
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  15. and litigated in the suit. P. 327 U. S. 735 . Page 327 U. S. 727 7. Nothing decided in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  16. judicata. The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed. 150 F.2d 869. Relying upon our decisions in Pepper v. Litton
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  17. U. S. 295 , and Prudence Realization Corp. v. Geist
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  18. of fraud. The district court denied the motion, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. Jackson v. Heiser
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  19. was not indebted to petitioner, or that the allegations of the complaint were untrue. The court, relying on Pepper v. Litton
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  20. in the federal courts, in diversity of citizenship cases, under the doctrine of Page 327 U. S. 732 Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  21. Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
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  22. S. 392 , can be other than that of the state in which the federal court sits. For nothing decided in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  23. provable, or to be allowed, or how the bankrupt's estate is to be distributed among claimants. Cf. Board of Comm'rs v. United
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  24. D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC
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  25. Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson
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  26. Wragg v. Federal
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  27. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  28. the same class, the bankruptcy court is defining and applying federal, not state, law. See Prudence Realization Corp. v. Geist
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  29. United States v. Pelzer
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  30. U. S. 402 -403. It is true that a bankruptcy court is also a court of equity, Local Loan Co. v. Hunt
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  31. claims, including a fraudulent judgment where the issue of fraud has not been previously adjudicated. Pepper v. Litton
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  32. of a course of conduct by the claimant which, as to them, would be fraudulent or otherwise inequitable. Taylor v. Standard
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  33. heard, and the contested issue is decided against him, he may not later renew the litigation in another court. Baldwin v. Traveling
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  34. Men's Assn., 283 U. S. 522 , 283 U. S. 525 . Before Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  35. in one court will be recognized as res judicata in a suit between the same parties in a federal court. Cromwell v. County
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  36. Baltimore S.S. Co. v. Phillips
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  37. Grubb v. Public
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  38. Utilities Comm'n, 281 U. S. 470 . See Baldwin v. Iowa
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  39. Chicago, R.I. & P. Ry. v. Schendel
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  40. Milwaukee County v. White
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  41. Co., 296 U. S. 268 , 296 U. S. 272 -273. It has been held in nondiversity cases since Erie v. Tompkins
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  42. that the federal courts will apply their own rule of res judicata. Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins
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  43. Jackson v. Irving
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  44. in both state and federal courts to a plea of res judicata arising from decrees of a bankruptcy court. Stoll v. Gottlieb
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  45. Chicot County Dist. v. Baxter
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  46. Page 327 U. S. 734 the bankruptcy court, the decision against him is binding in the bankruptcy court. Davis v. Friedlander
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  47. Fischer v. Pauline
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  48. by it, but as to all relevant issues which could have been but were not raised and litigated in the suit. Cromwell v. County
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  49. Chicot Page 327 U. S. 736 County Dist. v. Baxter
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  50. them, the principles of res judicata preclude the revival of the litigation in the bankruptcy court. Pepper v. Litton
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