· 5/25/1959
Wengenroth v. Texas
Citations
- 359 U.S. 1002
- 79 S. Ct. 1139
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- awarding attorney’s fees because claims were time-barred and it was “patently clear” that party had “absolutely no chance of success”
- summary judgment proper when parties collaterally estopped from relitigating issue already presented and considered in arbitration proceeding
- \An equitable claim [for unjust enrichment] cannot proceed where the plaintiff has had and let pass an adequate alternative remedy at law.\
- “if by necessary implication the issue dispositive of the present action is contained in that which has been explicitly decided, it will be the basis for collateral estoppel.”
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