Crown Coat Front Co. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• The individuals actually represented by the union are bound by the first action to the extent their interests were there represented
• class action by airlines pilots is barred where their individual claims were effectively raised in an earlier suit by their union
• The dismissal of a federal suit is conclusive as to all matters that were actually adjudged in determining that the court lacked jurisdiction.
• “non-merits judgment of this type, whether its abating effect be termed direct estoppel ... or simply res judicata, is conclusive as to matters actually adjudged”