Accordingly, because the pending appeals of this Court's decisions does not prevent the application of res judicata, the Court finds that the claims of the Dittmer defendants must be dismissed. "The principle behind the doctrine of res judicata is that [f]inal judgment on the merits precludes the relitigation of a claim on any grounds raised before or on any grounds which could have been raised in the prior action." Stewart v. General Mills Operations, LLC, No. 09-CV-05-LRR, 2009 WL 3208665, *2 (N.D.Iowa Sept. 30, 2009), aff'd, 2010 WL 2010874 (8th Cir.2010)(internal citation and quotations omitted). The Dittmer defendants have not argued that they are asserting different claims or that res judicata would not apply to their claims in this interpleader action.
"The principle behind the doctrine of res judicata is that "[f]inal judgment on the merits precludes the relitigation of a claim on any grounds raised before or on any grounds which could have been raised in the prior action." Stewart v. General Mills Operations, LLC, No. 09-CV-05-LRR, 2009 WL 3208665, *2 (N.D.Iowa Sept. 30, 2009), aff'd, 2010 WL 2010874 (8th Cir.2010). In Stewart the Court stated: