Margaret Stewart Jamey L. Paulson William Keith Laura Spencer Lee Callison Stephanie Glowa Terri Gorecki Dan Berryman v. U.S. Bancorp

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• noting that the phrase “final judgment on the merits” is synonymous with “dismissal with prejudice”
• noting that “a dismissal for failure to state a claim 25 under Rule 12(b)(6) is a ‘judgment on the merits’ to which res judicata applies”
• noting that res judicata bars subsequent litigation of claims that were raised, or could have been raised, in a prior action
• reiterating that res judicata proscribes subsequent “lawsuits on ‘any claims that were raised or could have been raised’ in a prior action”
• noting that “[t]he phrase ‘final 17 judgment on the merits’ is often used interchangeably with ‘dismissal with prejudice’” (cleaned up)
• explaining that a dismissal for failure to state a claim constitutes a final judgment on the merits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).