Legal Opinion
Partmar Corp. v. Paramount Pictures Theatres Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 15, 1954No. 17PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
This case presents a matter of federal practice involving inconsistent positions by litigants in court proceedings. We have often held that under the doctrine of res judicata a judgment entered in an action conclusively *91settles that action as to all matters that were or might have been litigated or adjudged therein.1 But a prior judgment between the parties has been held to operate as an estoppel in a suit on a cause of action different from that forming the basis for the original suit “only as to those matters in issue or points controverted, upon the determination of which the finding or…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Stoll v. GottliebSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by130 opinions
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- Schwartzmiller v. GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Douglas F. Warner v. Donat Rossignol v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
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