California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

CCP §99: A judgment or final order, in respect to the matter directly adjudged, is conclusive between the parties and their successors in interest but does not operate as collateral estoppel of a party or a su

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A final court judgment is binding between the parties involved, but does not prevent those same parties from relitigating the same issues in another case.

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A judgment or final order, in respect to the matter directly adjudged, is conclusive between the parties and their successors in interest but does not operate as collateral estoppel of a party or a successor in interest to a party in other litigation with a person who was not a party or a successor in interest to a party to the action in which the judgment or order is rendered.

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