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Utah Supreme Court· 12/6/1978

Searle Bros. v. Searle

Citations

  • 588 P.2d 689
  • 1978 Utah LEXIS 1484

How courts have described this case

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

  • right to intervene does not bind a party in a subsequent suit simply because he did not intervene when he had the chance
  • failure to exercise the right to intervene in a prior action does not bind a party to the judgment reached in that action
  • res judicata and collateral es-toppel apply only to same parties or their privies
  • res judicata and collateral estoppel apply only to same parties or their privies
  • “The right to intervene as a party in the prior suit does not bind the party in the subsequent suit where he failed to so intervene.”

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Judges: Ellett, Maughan, Crockett, Wilkins, Hall

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