Mitchell Law v. Bessie Jeanne

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting the no- tion that “a judgment in [a] first action is ‘res judicata’ on itself,” because “res judicata is a doctrine that bars a second action based on a valid final judgment in the first action” (emphasis in original)
• “[A judgment] is void only if the court that rendered it lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Gonzalez v. Trevino
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-07-29· cited 16×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 10,096×
• Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 3,488×
• Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2007-03-05· cited 1,961×
• United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-23· cited 1,364×
• Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank
  Supreme Court· 1940-01-02· cited 1,225×
• Samuel Nemaizer, General Manager of the New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers' Union I.L.G.W.U. v. Jack Baker, an Individual
  Second Circuit· 1986-06-05· cited 819×
• Morrow v. Meachum
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-03-08· cited 214×
• William Wayne Picco v. Global Marine Drilling Company, and Crosbie Offshore Services, Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-15· cited 182×
• Josh Norris v. Garry Causey
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-08-22· cited 89×
• XL Specialty Insurance v. Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-01-02· cited 82×
• Brumfield v. Louisiana State Board of Education
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-11-10· cited 24×