Legal Opinion
Samuel C. Ennis & Company, Inc. v. Woodmar Realty Company, an Indiana Corporation, and Owen W. Crumpacker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 1976No. 75-2104PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
We must decide in this case whether, in light of 28 U.S.C. § 2283 and its relitigation exception, a federal court before which a bankruptcy proceeding was conducted may protect parties and attorneys in that proceeding and persons doing business with the trustee from relitigation in a state court of issues determined in that proceeding. The District Court answered in the negative because of the statute. We reverse.
The bankruptcy proceeding from which the case before us arises was commenced January 13, 1941, and terminated over 28 years later, on May 16, 1969. During the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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- Toucey v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Don Morrow v. District of Columbia, in the Matter of Harry T. Alexander, Judge, District of Columbia Court of General SessionsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by50 opinions
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