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· 2/22/1983

Loumar, Inc. v. Charles Smith and Michael J. Smith, Individually and D/B/A S & S Supply

Citations

  • 698 F.2d 759
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 30281

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that under the law of the case doctrine, a second court should follow a ruling made by an earlier court unless the prior decision was erroneous, is no longer sound, or would create injustice
  • stating “the amount of business obtained from the advertisements” was relevant to the question of whether placing advertisements in national magazine alone was sufficient for exercise of personal jurisdiction
  • stating “the amount of business obtained from [ ] advertisements” was relevant to the question of whether placing advertisements in national magazine alone was sufficient for exercise of personal jurisdiction
  • \The law of the case doctrine is not ... a barrier to correction of judicial error. It is a rule of convenience and utility and yields to adequate reason....\
  • “The law of the case doctrine is not . . . a barrier to correction of judicial error. It is a rule of convenience and utility and yields to adequate reason . . . .”
  • The law of the case doctrine is a “rule of practice, based upon sound policy that when an issue is once litigated and decided, that should be the end of the matter.”

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Judges: Rubin, Johnson, Williams

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