Board of Managers of the 195 Hudson Street Condominium v. Jeffrey M. Brown Associates, Inc.

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• noting that a court “may properly rely on matters of public record in deciding a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), including the public record of pri- or judicial decisions.”
• It is “well settled that a court may dismiss a claim on res judicata or collateral estoppel grounds on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion.”
• “To determine the res judicata effect of a prior claim requires examination of what was intended by the first decision and what the logical consequences of that decision are.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• Defendant demonstrated that JMB's status as K & J's alter ego was addressed in the prior proceeding, was necessary to the judgment in the prior action, is identical to the current issue, and is decisive of the present suit

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