Maharaj v. Bankamerica Corp.

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• noting that the standards for res judicata are identical under New York and federal law
• “the first judgment will preclude a second suit only when it involves the same ‘transaction’ or connected series of transactions as the earlier suit”
• “final judgment on the merits of an action precludes the parties or their privies from relitigating issues that were or could have been raised in that action.”
• “Under both New York law and federal law, the doctrine of res judicata, or claim preclusion, provides that ‘[a] final judgment on the merits of an action precludes the parties or their privies from relitigating issues that were or could have been raised in that action.’”
• detailing both New York and federal law

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