California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bookout v. Mufg Union Bank, 2d Civil No. B269942 (Cal. App. 2016):
An order of a bankruptcy court approving or denying a claim is a final judgment on the merits for the purposes of res judicata. (Nathanson v. Hecker, supra, 99 Cal.App.4th at p. 1163.)
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