Sanders Confectionery Products Inc. v. Heller Financial, Inc.

holding that dismissal for failure to appear at a deposition is on the merits | holding that dismissal for failure to appear at a deposition is on the merits | holding that core bankruptcy proceedings can preclude non-core proceedings | holding direct and indirect subsidiaries are in privity with corporate parent | affirming dismissal of debtor’s lender liability action as res judicata of the prior bankruptcy proceeding | "A core proceeding either invokes a substantive right created by federal bankruptcy law or one which could not exist outside of bankruptcy.” | for res judica-ta, “whether the second suit involves the same cause of action ... depends ... upon the scope of the compulsory counterclaim rule.” | "A core proceeding either invokes a substantive right created by federal bankruptcy law or one which could not exist outside of the bankruptcy." | Core proceedings concern rights “created by federal bankruptcy law or ... which could not exist outside of the bankruptcy.” | “In order to obtain a permanent injunction or a declaratory judgment, a party must make his request for such relief in his pleadings.” Citing Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a) | An order confirming a plan of reorganization constitutes a final judgment in bankruptcy proceedings | parent company, parent company president, lender and successors in interest