Legal Opinion
Sterngass v. Soffer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 14, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, for specific performance of a settlement agreement, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Sherwood, J.), dated July 20, 2004, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the action is barred by the doctrine of res judicata.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Under the doctrine of res judicata, a disposition on the merits *550bars litigation between the same parties, or those in privity with them, of a cause of action arising out of the same transaction or series of transactions as a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- In Re the Estate of HunterNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- CRK Contracting of Suffolk, Inc. v. Jeffrey M. Brown & Associates, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Town of New Windsor v. New Windsor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Barbieri v. Bridge Funding, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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