PARTMAR CORP. v. PARAMOUNT CORP.

No. 17.

347 U.S. 89 (1954)

PARTMAR CORPORATION ET AL. v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES THEATRES CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Hardy argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Henry Schaefer, Jr. and James Wallace Kemp.

Jackson W. Chance argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Rodney K. Potter.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a matter of federal practice involving inconsistent positions by litigants in court proceedings. We have often held that under the doctrine of res judicata a judgment entered in an action conclusively settles that action as to all matters that were or might have been litigated or adjudged therein.1 But a prior judgment...

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