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· 4/4/1949

Cummings v. Lainson

Citations

  • 336 U.S. 944
  • 69 S. Ct. 811
  • 93 L. Ed. 1101
  • 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2587

How courts have described this case

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  • citing, as first element of claim preclusion, identity between the parties or their privies in the prior and present suits
  • Wisconsin claim preclusion applies if there is a final judgment on the merits and an identity of the parties and causes of action
  • “[w]aiver is an affirmative defense[.]”

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