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Supreme Court· 6/29/1970

New Haven Inclusion Cases

Citations

  • 399 U.S. 392
  • 90 S. Ct. 2054
  • 26 L. Ed. 2d 691
  • 1970 U.S. LEXIS 93

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a party who “took no appeal” from an adverse order is “foreclosed by res judicata” from later seeking relief inconsistent with that order
  • holding that a party who \took no appeal\ from an adverse order is \foreclosed by res judicata \ from later seeking relief inconsistent with that order
  • finding a party's request for the return of certain stock precluded by res judicata where the party had failed to make a timely appeal of the initial decision transferring ownership to another party
  • noting that security holders \invested their capital in a public utility that does owe an obligation to the public [and thereby] assumed the risk that in any depression or any reorganization the interests of the public would be considered as well as theirs\
  • finding a party’s request for the return of certain stock precluded by res judicata where the party had failed to make a timely appeal of the initial decision transferring ownership to another party
  • “[I]t is a fundamental aspect of our free enterprise economy that private persons assume the risks attached to their investments.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Black, Blackmun, Douglas, Harlan, Marshall, Stewart

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