Baldwin v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Association 283 U.S. 522 (1931)
Facts: P brought action against D (an Iowa company) in Missouri state court, which D successfully removed to Missouri federal court. D made a special appearance to challenge the service of process and personal jurisdiction. The court denied the motion. D filed no answer and did not appear. The court filed a judgment against D. P filed action against D in Iowa to recover the Missouri Court's judgment but D again brought the challenge to service of process and personal jurisdiction. Issue: Whether the Missouri court's denial of D's motion precluded the D from raising the same issue in Iowa court. Holding: Yes Rationale: Under the principle of res judicata, once the D's motion was denied in Missouri's court, he was bound by that ruling. D cannot raise the same issue in another court. D could have fought the case in Missouri and then raise the issue during appeals process in Missouri. But he did not. Therefore, the Missouri court's ruling is binding.
The first suite was brought in MO. And removed to district court o D appeared specially and tried to quash and dismiss. . Service was quashed but not dismissed. AN alias summons was issued and returned served o Appeared specially but argument for lack of PJ was denied D did not appear in court P brought suit in Iowa to try and recover from MO ruling.