Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. v. Leco Engineering and MacHine Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that fourth element was satisfied where both actions involved same allegations regarding same underlying tortious acts
• stating that, although preclusion doctrines do not apply to consent judgments,.court may dismiss case because parties have contracted to end controversy
• observing that “a judgment of dismissal usually has the effect of an adjudication on the merits”
• discussing the distinctions between the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel
• declining to apply collateral estoppel to consent decree because no issue was adjudicated
• “[T]he prevailing party [in a declaratory action] may seek further relief in the form of damages or an injunction.”

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