Eicher v. Mid America Financial Investment Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that in bench trial, it is presumed court considered only competent and relevant evidence
• factors determining whether res judicata applies; res judicata applies to issues that party could have raised in prior action
• appellate court is not obligated to engage in analysis which is not needed to adjudicate case and controversy before it
• “Because [plaintiffs] claim in this case was not barred by the judgment in the prior bankruptcy action under the doctrines of either res judicata or collateral estoppel, the district court erred in granting the motion for partial summary judgment dismissing his claim.”
• “Because [plaintiffs] claim in this case was not barred by the judgment in the prior bankruptcy action under the doctrines of either res judicata or collateral estoppel, the district court erred in granting the motion for partial summary judgment dismissing his claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).