What is res judicata?

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A defense raised to prevent the same parties from retrying (relitigating) a claim that has already been resolved on the merits in a prior case or to prevent the litigation of a claim arising out of the same transaction involved in the first case that could have been raised in the first case but was not

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A. involves performing any necessary research B. involves organizing the facts and research results C. involves outlining D. is unnecessary E. a, b, and c

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