Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. SunTrust Bank

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 6, 2016No. 2d Civil B264541PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtYegan, J.

Rather than giving full faith and credit to a South Carolina foreclosure judgment, appellant contends that we should give it no faith and no credit. This would require riding roughshod over Article IV, § 1 of the United States Constitution, section 1913, subdivision (a) of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and time honored principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel. 1 There is no principled reason to do so.

*683 Flordeliza Hawkins appeals from a judgment on the pleadings entered in favor SunTrust Bank (SunTrust), a Georgia state chartered bank, on her complaint for wrongful…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De GuineeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Underwriters National Assurance Co. v. North Carolina Life & Accident & Health Insurance Guaranty Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Mycogen Corp. v. Monsanto Co.California Supreme Court · 2002
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