Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Resorts International Hotel & Casino Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 11, 1991PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
This appeal concerns the preclusive effect of a federal judgment in a state court. Specifically, it requires us to decide whether state law claims brought in a state court are precluded by a prior federal court judgment dismissing federal law claims based on the same facts, if the federal claims were dismissed for insufficient service of process and for lack of standing.
Plaintiffs, Murrell Watkins and Abraham McDaniel and their wholly-owned companies, sued Resorts International (Resorts), Bally’s Park Place Casino (Bally’s), and other…
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