What is the test for res judicata?

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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