Does Res judicata apply to both a previously litigated cause of action and to an issue necessarily decided in a prior action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sako v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., CASE NO. 14CV1034-GPC(JMA) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
Res judicata applies to "both a previously litigated cause of action, referred to as claim preclusion, and to an issue necessarily decided in a prior action, referred to as issue preclusion." Brinton v. Bankers Pension Servs., Inc., 76 Cal. App. 4th 550, 556 (1999) (citation omitted).
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