Bates v. Bates

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding wife could maintain an action to recover the value of real estate not disclosed in a stipulated decree
• holding wife could maintain an action to recover the value of real estate not disclosed in a stipulated decree
• allowing damages action, under extrinsic fraud exception to res judicata, for nondisclosures of the type alleged here
• noting equitable relief from a dissolution decree may be justified by conduct that “has prevented a fair submission of the controversy”
• “Extrinsic fraud may also consist of deception practiced by the successful party in purposely keeping his opponent in ignorance.”
• when judgment is the product of extrinsic fraud, “equity will act to prevent a failure of justice, for fraud is the arch enemy of equity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dressler v. Morrison
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-03-23· cited 69×
• Cal X-Tra v. W.V.S v. Holdings, L.L.C.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-04-24· cited 58×
• Veach v. City of Phoenix
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1967-05-04· cited 39×
• Alvarado v. Thomson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2016-05-31· cited 27×
• Mr. G v. Mrs. G
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-10-30· cited 26×
• State Ex Rel. Corbin v. Arizona Corp. Commission
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-10-30· cited 23×
• McNeil v. Hoskyns
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-09-30· cited 22×
• Warfield v. Alaniz
  D. Arizona· 2006-09-05· cited 18×
• Pilati v. Pilati
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-04-04· cited 17×
• Wine v. Wine
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-02-23· cited 15×
• Arnold v. Arnold
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1985-04-15· cited 12×
• Gavrilis v. Gavrilis
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-06-09· cited 12×
• In re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. A-25646
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-12-10· cited 6×
• Best v. Best
  Montana Supreme Court· 1982-12-29· cited 3×
• In re the Marriage of Flores
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-11-20· cited 2×
• Flores v. Martinez
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-11-20
• In re the Marriage of Susan Gayle Hutchinson and Robert Gregory Hutchinson, In re the Marriage of Susan Gayle Hutchinson and Robert Gregory Hutchinson v. Upon the Petition of Susan Gayle Hutchinson, And Concerning Robert Gregory Hutchinson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2022-05-20