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· 10/30/2008

Five Star Capital Corp. v. Ruby

Citations

  • 194 P.3d 709
  • 124 Nev. 1048
  • 124 Nev. Adv. Rep. 88
  • 2008 Nev. LEXIS 106

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that the doctrine of issue preclusion prevents parties from relitigating a specific issue that has already been decided on its merits
  • recognizing that for issue preclusion to apply, \the initial ruling must have been on the merits and have become final\ (emphasis added)
  • holding that one of the requisites for claim preclusion is the 2We reject BoNY's jurisdictional challenge of Chersus appeal; jurisdiction is valid because the challenged order constitutes a special order after final judgment under NRAP 3A(b)(8
  • noting that there is \a public policy exception to claim preclusion in cases involving a determination of paternity\
  • providing that claim preclusion applies to all grounds of recovery that were or could have been brought in the first case
  • recognizing \a public policy exception to claim preclusion in cases involving a determination of paternity\

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Judges: Saitta, Gibbons, Hardesty, Parraguirre, Douglas, Cherry

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