· 10/23/1973
Main Line Board of Realtors v. Collins
Citations
- 414 U.S. 979
- 94 S. Ct. 291
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- 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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