Legal Opinion
Southern California Petroleum Corporation, Mohawk Petroleum Corporation and Kewanee Oil Company v. George W. Harper
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1960No. 17802_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
In this case the plaintiffs-appellants charge the appellee with attempting to relitigate in a state court the issues in a suit decided between the same parties in the federal court in 1955; appellants ask for an injunction to restrain the appellee from taking any action in his state court proceeding. The appellee charges that in the instant case appellants are attempting to litigate in the federal court the issues previously raised in a suit between the same parties that appellee has pending in the state courts; appellee asks that the suit be dismissed.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Toucey v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers v. Richman Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Riverdale Cotton Mills v. Alabama & Georgia Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Aetna Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Coker v. Amoco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. Leroy JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,667 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Helen Echo HayduCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Gulf Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Franklin W. NixCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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