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Understanding Claim and Issue Preclusion by Pegah Afshar is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) Claim preclusion, also known as res judicata, bars relitigation of the same claim between the same parties when a final judgment has been issued. It requires that both cases involve the same parties and are based on the same claim or transaction. 2) Issue preclusion, also known as collateral estoppel, bars relitigation of issues that were actually litigated and necessary to the outcome of a prior case, even if the later case involves a different claim. It applies when there is a final judgment and the

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Pegah Afshar

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