Johnson v. Du Page Airport Authority

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• holding that trial court’s dismissal of complaint with prejudice was not a judgment on the merits as the trial court’s decision was based on its finding that the case was moot, and a mootness finding is not a decision on the merits
• holding that trial court's dismissal of complaint with prejudice was not a judgment on the merits as the trial court's decision was based on its finding that the case was moot, and a mootness finding is not a decision on the merits
• holding that trial court's dismissal of complaint with prejudice was not a judgment on the merits as the trial court's decision was based on its finding that the case was moot, and a mootness finding is not a decision on the merits
• stating that the dismissal of a moot case \with prejudice\ was error, thus rendering erroneous the dismissal of a subsequent case based upon the res judicata effect of the prior case
• stating that judicial estoppel prohibits parties from “adopting inconsistent legal positions in separate proceedings”
• stating that the dismissal of a moot case “with prejudice” was error, thus rendering erroneous the dismissal of a subsequent case based upon the res judicata effect of the prior case

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