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Supreme Court· 6/4/1979

Brown v. Felsen

Citations

  • 442 U.S. 127
  • 99 S. Ct. 2205
  • 60 L. Ed. 2d 767
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 123
  • 20 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 273
  • 5 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 226

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  • holding that claims arising from same transaction and previously available to plaintiff axe also barred even if not asserted in first proceeding
  • holding that res judicata does not apply to those dischargeability issues with respect to which the bankruptcy court has exclusive jurisdiction
  • recognizing that preclusion doctrine encompasses that “were previously available to the parties, regardless of whether they were asserted or determined in the first proceeding”
  • holding that bankruptcy courts are not bound by res judicata when considering the dischargeability of a debt
  • recognizing that by promoting repose and stability in judgments, collateral estoppel often \blockades unexplored paths that may lead to truth\
  • holding that the bankruptcy court was not precluded from looking behind the state-court stipulation and judgment to determine whether a debt was nondischargeable because it was a debt for money obtained by fraud

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Judges: Blackmun, Blacemun

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