Cases pin-citing Brown

Brown v. Felsen · 1979 · 83 pinpoint citations from 32 cases, 23 distinct passages.

Fabrizio Law Firm, c/o Alexandra L. Condon v. Donnelly · 2025-07-18 · N.D. New York · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“[T]he label that the parties attach to a payment is not dispositive; the court must look to the substance, and not merely the form, of the payments.”

Hemp Recovery Company, LLC v. Boyd · 2023-07-10 · D. Colorado · pin 442 U.S. at 127

“if, in the course of adjudicating a state-law question, a state court should determine factual issues using standards identical to those of § 17 [the predecessor of Section 523], then collateral estoppel . . . would bar relitigation of those issues in the bankruptcy court.”

M. Dustin Long v. Lester Dan Piercy, Jr. · 2021-12-29 · Sixth Circuit · pin 442 U.S. at 127

“[T]he bankruptcy court is not confined to a review of the judgment and record in the prior state-court proceedings when considering the dischargeability of respondent’s debt.”

Berman v. Leary (In re Leary) · 2019-04-12 · D. Connecticut · 2 pin-cites · pin 60 L. Ed. 2d at 767

"[D]ischarge exceptions to debts resulting from actual fraud...implement the long-standing policy that only those debts which are honestly incurred are entitled to the benefits of a bankruptcy discharge."

Presidential Bank, FSB v. 1733 27th St. SE LLC · 2018-07-09 · D.C. Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

"Res judicata prevents litigation of all grounds for, or defenses to, recovery that were previously available to the parties, regardless of whether they were asserted or determined in the prior proceedings."

Tomlinson v. Clem (In re Clem) · 2017-12-21 · N.D. Texas · pin 99 S. Ct. at 2205

"In an arbitral case not directly involving federal statutory or constitutional rights, courts should use a case-by-case approach to determining the collateral estoppel effects of arbitral findings."

In re GEO Specialty Chemicals Ltd. · 2017-12-04 · D. New Jersey · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“the Bankruptcy Code contains an exception to the full faith and credit statute in the context of the dischargeability of debts”

In re Portillo · 2015-10-14 · Fairfax County Circuit Court · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“The rule of res judicata is applicable to decrees or judgments in adoption proceedings.”

United Access Technologies, LLC v. Centurytel Broadband Services LLC · 2015-02-12 · Federal Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“[Collateral estoppel treats as final only those questions actually and necessarily decided in a prior suit.”

Whole Woman's Health v. David Lakey · 2014-10-02 · Fifth Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“Res judicata prevents litigation of all grounds for, or defenses to, recovery that were previously available to the parties, regardless of whether they were asserted or determined in the prior proceeding.”

Magee v. Hamline University · 2014-02-19 · D. Minnesota · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

Palafox Street Associates, L.P. v. United States · 2014-02-12 · Federal Claims · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

Daniel M. McDermott v. Mark Swanson · 2012-08-17 · Eighth Circuit · pin 442 U.S. at 127

“Whereas res judicata forecloses all that which might have been litigated previously, collateral estoppel treats as final only those questions actually and necessarily decided in a prior suit.”

Red River Freethinkers v. City of Fargo · 2012-05-25 · Eighth Circuit · 6 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

"Whereas res judicata forecloses all that which might have been litigated previously, collateral estoppel treats as final only those questions actually and necessarily decided in a prior suit."

Deangelis v. Von Kiel (In Re Von Kiel) · 2012-01-05 · E.D. Pennsylvania · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“By seeking discharge, however, respondent placed the rectitude of his prior dealings squarely in issue, for, as the Court has noted, the Act limits that opportunity to the ‘honest but unfortunate debtor.’ ”

In Re Rahim · 2010-12-16 · E.D. Michigan · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“By seeking discharge, however, respondent placed the rectitude of his prior dealings squarely in issue, for, as the Court has noted, the Act limits that opportunity to the 'honest but unfortunate debtor.' ”

Lopez v. Emergency Service Restoration, Inc. (In Re Lopez) · 2007-03-27 · Ninth Circuit · pin 99 S. Ct. at 2205

“Preclusion, of course, is not a jurisdictional matter”

Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. v. United States · 2004-03-31 · Fifth Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

Wilson v. Commissioner of Revenue · 2000-11-22 · Supreme Court of Minnesota · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“Because res judicata may govern grounds and defenses not previously litigated, however, it blockades unexplored paths that may lead to truth. * * * It therefore is to be invoked only after careful inquiry.”

Bebo Construction Co. v. Mattox & O'Brien, P.C. · 1999-12-06 · Supreme Court of Colorado · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“Whereas res judicata forecloses all that which might have been litigated previously, collateral es-toppel treats as final only those questions actually and necessarily decided in a prior suit.”

Sullivan v. Clayton (In Re Clayton) · 1996-05-09 · E.D. Pennsylvania · pin 60 L. Ed. 2d at 767

“[section 523(a)(2) is *349 derived, without slight modification, from Section 17a(2) of the Bankruptcy Act”

Homo v. Henniker, et al · 1995-07-06 · D. New Hampshire · pin 442 U.S. at 127

"res judicata forecloses all that which might have been litigated previously"

United Black Firefighters Ass'n v. City of Akron · 1992-09-30 · Sixth Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“under res judicata, a final judgment on the merits bars further claims by parties or their privies based on the same cause of action.”

Walter G. Finch v. Hughes Aircraft Company · 1991-02-27 · Federal Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

Krenowsky v. Haining (In Re Haining) · 1990-09-26 · D. Delaware · pin 60 L. Ed. 2d at 767

“[i]f, in the course of adjudicating a state-law question, a state court should determine factual issues using [identical] standards ... then collateral estoppel, in the absence of countervailing statutory policy, would bar relitigation of those issues in the bankruptcy court.”

Staffer v. Bouchard Transportation Co. · 1989-06-30 · Second Circuit · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

“collateral estoppel treats as final only those questions actually and necessarily decided in a prior suit”

Frank W. Shaver v. F.W. Woolworth Co. · 1988-05-05 · Seventh Circuit · 6 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

"Res judicata ... encourages reliance on judicial decisions, bars vexatious litigation, and frees the courts to resolve other disputes."

United States v. One Parcel of Real Property with Buildings, Appurtenances, & Improvements · 1988-01-14 · D. Rhode Island · 3 pin-cites · pin 442 L. Ed. 2d at 127

"Whereas [claim preclusion] forecloses all that which might have been litigated previously, [issue preclusion] treats as final only those questions actually and necessarily decided in a prior suit.'"

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