context: Rein, Croces, and Driscoll's prior bankruptcy actions were litigated to a final judgment on the merits. Their settlement agreements, reaffirming the pre-petition debts, were approved by the respective bankruptcy courts and included as part of the final judgments issued in Rein, Croces, and Driscoll's Chapter 7 proceedings. A judicially approved settlement agreement is considered a final judgment on the merits.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 215 B.R. 181, 183
citation_a.parenthetical: judgment order approving settlement that included a stipulation of nondischargeability given preclusive effect even though the order did not contain a specific finding of nondisehargeability
citation_a.sentence: In re Dominelli, 820 F.2d 313, 316-17 (9th Cir.1987) (holding that the settlement and dismissal of the trustee’s usury claim against lienholder operates as res judicata to bar appellant from raising an usury claim on behalf of the estate against the same lienholder); see Hoxworth v. Blinder, 74 F.3d 205, 208 (10th Cir.1996); see also In re Medomak Canning, 922 F.2d 895, 900 (1st Cir.1990); In re Klasinski, 215 B.R. 181, 183 (Bankr.C.D.Ill.1997) (judgment order approving settlement that included a stipulation of nondischargeability given preclusive effect even though the order did not contain a specific finding of nondisehargeability). We therefore proceed to examine whether the final prong of the claim preclusion analysis is satisfied with regard to Rein, Croces, and Driscoll.
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 820 F.2d 313, 316-17
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that the settlement and dismissal of the trustee's usury claim against lienholder operates as res judicata to bar appellant from raising an usury claim on behalf of the estate against the same lienholder
citation_b.sentence: In re Dominelli, 820 F.2d 313, 316-17 (9th Cir.1987) (holding that the settlement and dismissal of the trustee’s usury claim against lienholder operates as res judicata to bar appellant from raising an usury claim on behalf of the estate against the same lienholder); see Hoxworth v. Blinder, 74 F.3d 205, 208 (10th Cir.1996); see also In re Medomak Canning, 922 F.2d 895, 900 (1st Cir.1990); In re Klasinski, 215 B.R. 181, 183 (Bankr.C.D.Ill.1997) (judgment order approving settlement that included a stipulation of nondischargeability given preclusive effect even though the order did not contain a specific finding of nondisehargeability). We therefore proceed to examine whether the final prong of the claim preclusion analysis is satisfied with regard to Rein, Croces, and Driscoll.