The following excerpt is from C&g Farms Inc v. Capstone Bus. Credit LLC, CASE NO. CV F 09-0032 LJO SKO (E.D. Cal. 2011):
proceeding; (2) the prior proceeding resulted in a final judgment on the merits; and (3) the party against whom the doctrine is being asserted was a party or in privity with a party to the prior proceeding. City of Arcadia v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 191 Cal.App.4th 156, 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 232, 246 (2010).
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