Consolidation Coal Co. v. District 5, United Mine Workers

How courts have described this case

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• holding, “[w]hen a party attempts to bring a claim arising out of a cause of action that was previously settled, that claim is merged in the previous agreement of settlement”
• holding, “[w]hen a party attempts to bring a claim arising out of a cause of action that was previously settled, that claim is merged in the previous agreement of settlement”
• because preliminary injunction is a temporary remedy, it is not a final judgment on the merits and cannot serve as a basis for res judicata
• because preliminary injunction is a temporary remedy, it is not a final judgment on the merits and cannot serve as a basis for res judicata
• court need not resolve legal issue rendered academic due to change in circumstances
• res judicata applies where prior action was decided on the merits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).