Reppert v. Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that, in the context of res judicata and release, \it is beyond cavil that a suit can be barred by the earlier settlement of another suit\ (quoting Nottingham Partners v. Trans-Lux Corp., 925 F.2d 29, 31-32 (1st Cir. 1991))
• notice requirements may be satisfied “by methods of notification other than actual personal notice,” such as by publication
• \There is of course no dispute that under elementary principles of prior adjudication a judgment in a properly entertained class action is binding on class members in any subsequent litigation.\
• “After such appropriate notice is given [under Rule 23], if the absent class members fail to opt out of the class action, such members will be bound by the court’s actions, including settlement and judgment, even though those individuals never actually receive notice.”

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