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· 10/23/1973

Main Line Board of Realtors v. Collins

Citations

  • 414 U.S. 979
  • 94 S. Ct. 291

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that a claim for tortious infliction of emotional distress against creditors should have been brought as part of a prior bankruptcy proceeding and was therefore barred by res judicata
  • “Restraining litigious plaintiffs from taking more than ‘one bite at the apple’ has been our avowed purpose since the common law doctrine of res judicata first evolved.”
  • claims \whose timely bringing may have affected the parameters of a bankruptcy repayment schedule cannot be re-litigated another day in another court\
  • claims at issue were barred by res judicata, even if they were not core proceedings
  • “A party may not avoid the preclu-sive effect of res judicata by asserting a new theory or a different remedy.”
  • lender liability claims integrally related to the loan that was the subject of the reorganization

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Judges: Certiorari

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