Paramount Aviation Corporation v. Gruppo Agusta Agusta Aerospace Corporation Costruzioni Aeronautiche Giovanni, Augusta, S.P.A. Augusta, S.P.A

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

New Jersey’s entire controversy doctrine is an extremely robust claim preclusion device that requires adversaries to join all possible claims stemming from an event or series of events in one suit. Animated by the laudable goal of easing the burdens of excessive litigation, the doctrine was developed in the domestic context, precluding suits in New Jersey courts based on disputes that were previously the subject of litigation in New Jersey courts. It has attained interjurisdictional proportions, however, and has been used in New Jersey to preclude…