Legal Opinion
Brooks Trucking Co. v. Bull Rogers, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 13, 2006No. 24,684PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
{1} This appeal centers on whether this lawsuit by Brooks Trucking Co., Inc. against Bull Rogers, Inc. is barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We conclude that it is not. This lawsuit involves claims and transactions distinct and separate from the prior lawsuits in question. Important to our analysis of transactions is an issue of first impression in New Mexico. That issue involves the extent, if any, res judicata should apply where the claims asserted in the later lawsuit are based on operative facts that were not in existence at the time the earlier lawsuit was filed.…
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- First State Bank v. MuzioNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
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