Davis v. Commissioner of Correction

If it were proper for us to reach the merits in this case, I would agree with the result reached and the reasoning of the majority. I write separately because I would not reach the merits. The respondent, the commissioner of correction, has asserted that the doctrine of res judicata applies in this case to bar relitigation of a legal dispute between the same parties that already has resulted in a final judgment from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, later affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Davis v. Bryan, 889 F.2d 445,…