Lamb v. Geovjian

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that court-approved settlement “has the same res judicata effect as a final judgment on the merits”
• recognizing that a \public official sued in her individual capacity is generally not considered to be in privity with the government for the purpose of res judicata\
• explaining that res judicata “bars the litigation of a claim or defense if there exists a final judgment in former litigation in which the parties, subject matter and causes of action are identical or substantially identical” (quotation omitted)
• “[A] public official sued in her individual capacity is generally not considered to be in privity with the government for the purpose of res judicata.”
• identity of parties for res judicata purposes is present when one party is so identified in interest with other party that they represent one single legal right
• “Identity of parties exists where the parties or their privies are involved in both actions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).