Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/1/1974

Wright MacHine Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp.

Citations

307 N.E.2d 826
364 Mass. 683
1974 Mass. LEXIS 609

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reasoning that when no issue of material fact exists and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, the judgment will operate as res judicata
stating that a summary judgment has preclusive effect where it is based on a determination that there is no genuine dispute of material fact and one party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law
noting “substantial uniformity of authority that a summary judgment is entitled to res judicata effect when granted on the determination that no issue of material fact exists and the moving party is entitled to judgment as matter of law”
\a party cannot avoid this rule by seeking an alternative remedy or by raising the claim from a different posture or in a different procedural form\
“the effects of the res judicata doctrine extend to judgments rendered in other states through the full faith and credit clause”
an issue raised in a motion for summary judgment and determined therein precluded relitigation of the same issue in a subsequent action between the same parties

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