California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kopp v. Fair Pol. Practices Com., 11 Cal.4th 607, 47 Cal.Rptr.2d 108, 905 P.2d 1248 (Cal. 1995):
"The doctrine of res judicata precludes parties or their privies from relitigating a cause of action that has been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction." (Bernhard v. Bank of America (1942) 19
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