Dictionary definition: res judicata

Article: Res Judicata revisited by the Fifth Circuit
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... cases provide fresh guidance about the res judicata effect of bankruptcy court orders on ... order for a debtor's accountants is res judicata to a later suit filed by the debtor ... Circuit precedent, the court held that res judicata barred the suit. The court first restated ...

Article: Who Decides Res Judicata Issues?
Dispute Resolution Journal;  February 1, 2007 ;     609 words ... ... compel additional arbitration where res judicata is an issue, the Georgia Supreme Court ... arbitrators the authority to decide res judicata issues. The case arose from a contract ... court concluded that the doctrine of res judicata barred further arbitration of claims ...

Article: Res judicata effects of a prior judgment and prior ...
Dispute Resolution Journal;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... to enjoin a party from arbitrating on res judicata grounds arising from a prior federal ... authority to enjoin an arbitration on res judicata grounds arising from a prior arbitration ... arbitration panel to dismiss based on the res judicata effect of both a judgment in a 1994 ...

Article: `Res Judicata' Bars Dr. From Suing Hospital a ...
Medical Law's Regan Report;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... hospital. The hospital pled the defense of res judicata. Was the legal doctrine of res judicata applicable? CASE FACTS: Dr. Helen Rauch ... dismissed the suit finding that the principle of res judicata barred the second suit. Dr. Rauch appealed ...

Article: Georgia Supreme Court Concludes that Courts, Not Arbitrators, ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  January 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... arbitrator, should determine whether the res judicata effect of a previous arbitration bars ... contracts. The trial court found that res judicata barred Yates' motion to compel arbitration ... court, should have decided whether res judicata barred the latter arbitration. A four ...

Article: Res judicata does not bar taxpayer from claiming ...
The Tax Adviser;  November 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The Tax Court ruled that the doctrine of res judicata did not bar a taxpayer from claiming net operating ... of any ... rule of law," which includes res judicata. The Doctrine of Res Judicata Under the judicial doctrine of res judicata ...

Article: Res Judicata Precludes Declaratory Judgment Claim ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  July 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... several Dow patents on the basis of res judicata arising from an earlier settled case ... 6) motion to dismiss on grounds of res judicata, holding that in the 1998 agreement ... adjudicated on the merits, thus invoking res judicata. The Court went on to reject Pactiv ...