Legal Opinion
Eagle Properties, Ltd. v. Scharbauer
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 1991No. C-8203PublishedCited by 320 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOK, Justice.
This court’s opinion of December 19, 1990, is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place. Petitioners’ and Respondents’ motions for rehearing are overruled.
This is a single cause which originated from two related cases. The first case presents us with the question of whether the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel preclude a state action following the settlement of a federal court case that involved different parties but the same subject matter. The second case presents similar questions of res judicata and collateral estoppel but also addresses…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Finley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by320 opinions
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