Wisconsin Public Service Corp. v. Arby Construction, Inc.

¶ 73. {concurring in part and dissenting in part). This case involves the interpretation and application of a federal district court's Order dismissing a prior federal action. An appellate court typically interprets a judgment in the *569same manner that it interprets other written documents, including contracts.1 The majority appears to have taken a different approach in the present case.2 Like the circuit court, I would structure the opinion around the federal court's Order rather than immediately and exclusively jumping into analyzing the elements of claim preclusion.

¶ 74. The federal court's…