Legal Opinion
County Fuel Co. v. Equitable Bank Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1987No. 86-1618PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
County Fuel Company (County Fuel), a Chapter 11 debtor, appeals the dismissal on res judicata grounds of its claim against Equitable Bank Corporation (Equitable), a secured creditor which had earlier filed in the bankruptcy proceeding an uncontested claim based upon the same transaction giving rise to County Fuel’s claim. Because the district court thought that the bankruptcy court’s allowance of Equitable’s uncontested claim against County Fuel constituted a final judgment on the merits as to County Fuel’s later asserted claim based on the same…
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