DORSO TRAILER v. AMERICAN BODY & TRAILER

No. C6-90-1381.

482 N.W.2d 771 (1992)

DORSO TRAILER SALES, INC., Respondent, v. AMERICAN BODY AND TRAILER, INC., et al., Petitioners, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

As Amended March 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Laine, Nancy L. Cameron, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, for appellants.

Christopher L. Dietzen, Andrew J. Mitchell, Sharon L. Brenna, Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Bloomington, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

This case arises out the termination of a distributorship contract between appellants Polar Manufacturing Company and Polar Tank Trailer, Inc. and respondent Dorso Trailer. We hold that the district court lacked jurisdiction to vacate a satisfied judgment. We agree with the court of appeals that res judicata bars Dorso's second cause of action.

Although the facts underlying the initial action are set out in Dorso Trailer Sales, Inc...

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