Watkins v. Resorts International Hotel & Casino Inc.

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• stating that if “a claim could not have been presented in the first action, then it will not be precluded in a later action.”
• finding that divorce judgment requiring garnishment of pension payments for alimony collaterally estopped litigation seeking to terminate the garnishment
• noting that “[ojnly a judgment ‘on the merits’ will preclude a later action on the same claim.”
• finding that a plaintiff must have standing at the time of filing a complaint
• noting that New Jersey and federal res judicata have same elements
• stating that a related claim raised in a second action will not be barred where the court in the first action either lacked jurisdiction to hear it or \`declined to exercise [jurisdiction] as a matter of discretion'\

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