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· 1/4/1977

MPC, Inc. v. Kenny

Citations

  • 367 A.2d 486
  • 279 Md. 29
  • 1977 Md. LEXIS 879

How courts have described this case

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  • remanding case to determine what facts and issues were actually litigated in prior proceeding where consent judgment was entered into during post-trial settlement
  • Claim preclusion applies if the cause of action is the same and if the same evidentiary facts would sustain both actions
  • public policy against interminable delay “applies with equal vigor in cases of collateral estoppel”
  • Claim preclusion applies if the cause of action is the same and if the same evidentiary facts would sustain both actions
  • public policy against interminable litigation
  • public policy against interminable litigation

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Judges: Singley, Smith, Digges, Levine, Eldridge, Orth

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