WATKINS v. RESORTS INTERN. HOTEL & CASINO


124 N.J. 398 (1991)

591 A.2d 592

MURRELL WATKINS AND ABRAHAM McDANIEL, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. RESORTS INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND CASINO, INC., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, AND BALLY'S PARK PLACE CASINO, ALAN MCCLAIN, EUGENE MCDERMOTT, N.J. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND FRANK FITZSIMMONS, DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold S. Cohen argued the cause for appellants (Balk, Oxfeld, Mandell and Cohen, attorneys).

William M. Honan argued the cause for respondent (Horn, Kaplan, Goldberg, Gorny & Daniels, attorneys; Joseph G. Antinori, on the brief).


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.

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