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Supreme Court· 1/26/1952

Cook v. Cook

Citations

  • 342 U.S. 126
  • 72 S. Ct. 157
  • 96 L. Ed. 2d 146
  • 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1274

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that the court presumes a sister state’s judgment was entered with “jurisdiction over the subject matter and over the persons”
  • reversing a judgment of the Supreme Court of Vermont on the basis of an incorrect placement of the burden of proof under the full faith and credit clause
  • burden of undermining decree of sister state rests heavily upon assailant
  • “If it appears on its face to be a record of a court of general jurisdiction, such jurisdiction over the cause and the parties is to be presumed unless disproved by extrinsic evidence, or by the record itself.”
  • “If it appears on its face to be a record of a court of general jurisdiction, such jurisdiction over the cause and the parties is to be presumed unless disproved by extrinsic evidence, or by the record itself.”

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Judges: Douglas, Frankfurter

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Cites

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