Theodore L. Bissonnette, Jr. v. Anthony J. Principi

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• holding that res judica-ta prevents relitigation of a claim that was previously the subject of a valid and final decision of this Court
• describing collateral estoppel as “dealing with ‘how a judgment can prevent relitigation of an issue of fact or law1 ” (citation omitted)
• outlining four requirements for application of claim preclusion: (1) Previous decision was a valid and final judgment, (2) later action must involve the same claim, (3) decision on the original action must have been on the merits, and (4) the same parties must be involved
• “In essence, the res judicata precedent ensures that a litigant may have his or her day in Court, but not two or three.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).