Legal Opinion
Riverside Memorial Mausoleum, Inc. v. Umet Trust
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 13, 1978No. 77-2216PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents two unrelated issues. The first is whether a real estate invest*64ment trust (REIT) may be treated as a Corporation for diversity jurisdictional purposes. We echo the district judge’s answer of no. The second questions the extent to which proceedings to open a state court judgment are determinative of issues raised by the same parties in a federal court suit. After a study of state procedural law, a subject important to many, but not a fillip for every man, we conclude that the district court erred in applying res judicata to the whole…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- SWARB Et Al. v. LENNOX Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hartmann v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- McCarthy v. Township of McCandlessCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gregory v. ChehiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- East v. GilchristCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- In Re Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Akiachak Native Community v. United States Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- Timco Engineering, Inc. v. Rex & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
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