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Fifth Circuit· 4/21/1975

Aerojet-General Corp. v. Askew

Citations

  • 511 F.2d 710
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 15035

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  • explaining that the “judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction” “is entitled to a presumption of regularity.”
  • “Looking beyond the pleadings to what could have been pleaded, however, is precisely what is required by the federal law of res judicata.”
  • “Looking beyond the pleadings to what could have been pleaded, however, is precisely what is required by the federal law of res judicata.”
  • because both non-party county and party state boards desired that disputed land be conveyed to county, county in “such close relationship” to state boards and thus bound by outcome of litigation
  • “The very purpose of federal diversity jurisdiction is to avoid bias against parties from outside the forum state.”
  • “The very purpose of federal diversity jurisdiction is to avoid bias against parties from outside the forum state.”

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Judges: Ainsworth, Bell, Roney

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