· 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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