· 6/11/1980
Arnold Maxwell Harris v. George Jacobs
Citations
- 621 F.2d 341
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 16780
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- refusing to preclude the 4 plaintiff from pursuing its claim when that claim “was not distinctly alleged” in the prior 5 litigation and the court made no findings pertaining to the claim
- “[r]es judicata preclusion extends only to claims that arise out of the same ‘cause of action’ asserted in the prior action”
- “If there is doubt on this score, collateral estoppel will not be applied.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Browning, Per Curiam, Pregerson, Takasugi
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