Southmark Corp. v. Trotter, Smith & Jacobs

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that judicial estoppel doctrine is more concerned with protecting integrity of judicial process than protecting individual litigants
• applying federal bankruptcy law to judicial estoppel claim in legal malpractice suit filed in Georgia when previous bankruptcy was decided in Texas
• where there was no reference to any claim against defendants, no later assertion of those claims would be allowed
• judicial estoppel barred plaintiff’s claims where plaintiff failed to disclose its claims in its amended schedules
• judicial estoppel applied where plaintiff did include omitted claims in several amendments
• purpose of judicial estoppel is to prevent “intentional self-contradiction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Benton v. Benton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 104×
• Stewart v. Hardie
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-08-06· cited 84×
• Andrews v. Diamond, Rash, Leslie & Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1997-03-12· cited 56×
• Johnson v. Trust Co. Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-11-22· cited 45×
• Nelson & Hill, P.A. v. Wood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-12· cited 44×
• Clark v. Perino
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 37×
• Scoggins v. Arrow Trucking Co.
  S.D. Georgia· 2000-01-21· cited 35×
• Reagan v. Lynch
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 32×
• Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. S. Diamond Associates, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-01-25· cited 31×
• Winmark Ltd. Partnership v. Miles & Stockbridge
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-05-09· cited 31×
• Billmeyer v. Plaza Bank of Commerce
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-04-17· cited 29×
• Hyre v. Denise
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-08-15· cited 28×
• Moore v. Bank of Fitzgerald
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-04· cited 28×
• IBF Participating Income Fund v. Dillard-Winecoff, LLC
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 28×
• Byrd v. JRC Towne Lake, Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-17· cited 27×
• Wolfork v. Tackett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 26×
• Wolfork v. Tackett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-08· cited 26×
• Smalls v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-24· cited 25×
• Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-19· cited 25×
• In Re Dewberry
  S.D. Georgia· 2001-08-30· cited 24×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Grady Allen v. Zurich Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-01-08· cited 309×
• Galerie Des Monnaies of Geneva, Ltd. v. Deutsche Bank, A.G. (In Re Galerie Des Monnaies of Geneva, Ltd.)
  S.D. New York· 1986-05-27· cited 52×
• Ohio, Department of Taxation v. H.R.P. Auto Center, Inc. (In Re H.R.P. Auto Center, Inc.)
  N.D. Ohio· 1991-08-09· cited 52×
• In Re Standfield
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-03-18· cited 43×
• Hoffman v. First National Bank of Akron (In Re Hoffman)
  N.D. Iowa· 1989-04-14· cited 39×
• Louden v. Federal Land Bank of Louisville (In Re Louden)
  E.D. Kentucky· 1989-03-03· cited 33×
• Westland Oil Development Corp. v. MCorp Management Solutions, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1993-08-04· cited 31×
• Pako Corp. v. Citytrust
  D. Minnesota· 1989-12-08· cited 29×
• Poolquip-Mcneme, Inc. v. Hubbard (In Re Hubbard)
  W.D. Texas· 1989-02-24· cited 20×
• Jerome J. Steiker Co. v. Eccelston Properties Ltd.
  New York Supreme Court· 1992-12-04· cited 11×
• In Re Roberts
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1990-08-09· cited 8×
• Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Forsyth v. Monroe County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-05· cited 5×
• Kessel v. Guaranty Bank & Trust (In Re Kessel)
  D. Colorado· 1989-12-04· cited 5×
• In the Interest of K. M. H.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-24· cited 4×
• In Re Doemling
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-08-02· cited 2×