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actions, and like many of the other Plaintiffs, took part in the planning board process.” Her claims, as the trial court noted, “are not unique as compared to the other plaintiffs.” While the term “privity” includes a variety of pre-existing substantive legal relationships such as that between a property owner and the property owner’s successor in interest, Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 534 (2008), “we have used the term more broadly to refer to a functional relationship, in whic

when,” as in this case, “a view has been taken.” Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 537 (2008) (quotations omitted).

id.; see also Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008) (applicability of res judicata is a question of law that we review de novo).

“Res judicata precludes the litigation in a later case of matters actually decided, and matters that could have been litigated, in an earlier action between the same parties for the same cause of action.” Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

“Res judicata precludes the litigation in a later case of matters actually decided, and matters that could have been litigated, in an earlier action between the same parties for the same cause of action.” Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

when a view has been taken.” Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 537 (2008) (quotation omitted).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 534 (2008) (“Res judicata will bar a second action even though the plaintiff is prepared in the second action to present evidence or grounds or theories of the case not presented in the first action.”).

“The findings of the trial court are within its sound discretion, particularly when a view has been taken.” Sleeper v. Hoban Family P'ship, 157 N.H. 530, 537 (2008) (quotation omitted).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 537 (2008).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

Meier v. Town of Littleton, 154 N.H. 340, 343 (2006) (quotation omitted); see Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 534 (2008) (defining “cause of action collectively to refer to all theories on which relief could be claimed on the basis of the factual transaction in question” (quotation omitted)).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008) (res judicata); Appeal of Wingate, 149 N.H. 12, 14 (2002) (collateral estoppel).

“Although generally res judicata does not apply to nonparties to the original judgment, this rule is subject to exceptions.” Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

Sleeper v. Hoban Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

“The applicability of res judicata is a question of law that we review de novo.” Sleeper v. Hoban *730 Family P’ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533 (2008).

" Sleeper v. Hoban Family P'ship, 157 N.H. 530, 533, 955 A.2d 879 (2008).