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Hennepin Paper Co. v. Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1946) | 153 F.2d 822; 1946 U.S. App. LEXIS 1983
TL;DR: Plaintiff sued for breach of contract and lost. Plaintiff then sued to reform the same contract. The court held the second suit was barred by claim preclusion, as reformation should have been sought in the first action.
Legal Significance: This case underscores the principle of claim preclusion, mandating that a party must assert all available legal and equitable claims, including reformation, arising from a single transaction in the initial lawsuit.