Roxas v. Marcos

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that it was appropriate for the circuit court to apply Philippine law where the Philippines had the greater interest in the outcome of the case
• stating that “the federal couit’s interpretation of the federal rule is not binding on Hawaii’s interpretation of its own rule”
• noting that parties cannot play “fast and loose with the court or blow[ ] hot and cold during the course of litigation.”
• noting that parties cannot play \fast and loose with the court or blow[ ] hot and cold during the course of litigation.\
• explaining that the doctrine of judicial estoppel prevents a party from \maintain[ing] inconsistent positions” or \tak[ing] a position in regard to a matter which is directly contrary to, or inconsistent with, one previously assumed by him[J”
• vacating the portion of the Amended Judgment entered against “Defendant Imelda Marcos, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ferdinand Marcos”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).