Graham v. Bergen

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the law of the case did not apply where the court gave “[n]o explanation for either the dismissal of the appeal or the denial of the writ”
• holding that the law of the case did not apply where the court gave “[n]o explanation for either the dismissal of the appeal or the denial of the writ”
• statute providing federal forum for adjudication of State law issue does not require denial of collateral estoppel
• “A determination by a state court that it has jurisdiction of the case presented to it is generally conclusive, at least when the jurisdictional question is fully litigated.”
• “The assumption of jurisdiction over an action in rem establishes a bar to any other action in rem or quasi in rem respecting the same property until the first court’s jurisdiction is properly terminated.”
• “Once a lawsuit reaches a final judgment on the merits, the doctrine of res judicata bars litigation in a second lawsuit on the same cause of action ‘of all grounds for, or defenses to, recovery that were available to the parties (in the first action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).