Legal Opinion
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 27, 1996No. 94-1809PublishedCited by 473 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
This case presents the question whether a federal court may withhold full faith and credit from a state-court judgment approving a class-action settlement simply because the settlement releases claims within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts. The answer is no. Absent a partial repeal of the Full Faith and Credit Act, 28 U. S. C. § 1738, by another federal statute, a federal court must give the judgment the same effect that it would have in the courts of the State in which it was rendered.
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In 1990, petitioner Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. made a tender offer for the common…
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