United States v. Throckmorton
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united-states-v-throckmorton-204-12012764
title:
United States v. Throckmorton
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United States v. Throckmorton is an 1878 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on civil procedure, specifically res judicata, in cases heard at equity. A unanimous Court affirmed an appeal of a decision by the District Court for California upholding a Mexican-era land claim, holding that collateral estoppel bars untimely motions to set aside the verdict where the purportedly fraudulent evidence has already been considered and a decision reached. In the opinion it distinguished between that kind of
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1878 U.S. Supreme Court decision
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Throckmorton
date created:
2021-08-30T02:27:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T00:54:05Z
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